Tskhinval

Russian customs again creates problems for owners of cars with South Ossetian license plates

Due to new Russian customs regulations, cars from South Ossetia are not allowed into Russia. This creates serious problems for both local small businesses and the general population.

Family of 28 y.o. man tortured and killed in police custody in S. Ossetia demands fair investigation

Inal Dzhabiev's family protests in South Ossetia, claiming that he died from torture at the police station. The authorities presented an expert opinion on drug use

S. Ossetian officials turn to Russia for help following coronavirus outbreak

A Russian field hospital has been deployed in Tskhinval, a sharp increase in the number of infections is associated with the opening of the Russian border

S. Ossetia: 28-year-old thought involved in attempt on interior minister likely tortured to death

In South Ossetia protesters demand the resignation of the president and the government after the death of Inal Dzhabiev, allegedly from torture. The president promises a full investigation

Attempt on life of South Ossetian minister of internal affairs

There are so far no detainees, and the motive for the attack is unknown

The scandal with wings - South Ossetia claims to have uncovered another conspiracy between Georgia and the United States

Not everyone believes in the authorities' story that the man detained on the border was catching bats for the American biological laboratory

Director of only cell provider in South Ossetia arrested while on ‘illegal treasure hunt’

Roman Kovriga has yet to be indicted

“Do they want to intimidate MPs?" – 200 security officers in camouflage, with arms attended parliament session in South Ossetia

A recent prison scandal in which 20 prisoners cut their veins in protest against the excesses of the prison guards led to a stand off in parliament

Around 20 prisoners cut their wrists in South Ossetian penal colony

Prisoners cut their wrists following a prison raid in South Ossetia. No one died. This is not the first time prisoners in this colony have protested against inhumane treatment

Stalin revived in towns in South Ossetia, Eastern Ukraine

South Ossetia's city of Tskhinval has been given a second name - Stalinir. Why people here continue to love Stalin, after so many Ossetians perished in the repressions during his rule

Coronavirus in South Ossetia: medical supply shortages, one doctor’s protest, suspicions against Tbilisi

There are no reported cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia. The authorities say that there are 26 ventilators, but no specialists who know how to use them

Coronavirus in South Ossetia: no reported cases, no tests, one lab, one resuscitation table

South Ossetia opposition unites around new leader, former KGB officer

The presidential election will take place in two years, but preparations have already begun

The Ossetian financier turned mountain fisherman

Leonid Gagiev, a financier turned fisherman, runs his own fish farm deep in the mountains of South Ossetia. He has solid plans for his farm’s expansion, but he needs investments

South Ossetia’s prisoner hunger strike debacle – who, what, why

A group of MPs is trying to punish the South Ossetian Ministers of Justice and the Interior for brutally beating prisoners. The president is on the side of the ministers. All the details below

How street art is changing South Ossetia

Kosta and Karina paint houses, fences and even abandoned subway stations. And they’re preparing to open the first art club in South Ossetia

South Ossetia: ‘the Jewish Quarter’ – to restore or forget?

South Ossetia is discussing the fate of the historical part of Tskhinval - the so-called ‘Jewish quarter’, which was destroyed as a result of two wars

South Ossetia’s ruling party wins parliamentary elections, retains majority

Opposition parties took second and third place, while one candidate wounded another with a pistol