South Ossetia

South Ossetia opposition unites around new leader, former KGB officer

February 18, 2020

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

10 years behind barbed wire — stories and photos from the Georgian–Ossetian conflict zone

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

February 10, 2020

How has ‘borderization’ changed the lives of families living in the Georgian villages of the conflict zone? Amnesty International researchers looked for answers to this question

Russia is using South Ossetia to finance self-proclaimed republics in Eastern Ukraine

January 20, 2020

The scheme uncovered by the Security Service of Ukraine allows Russian banks and enterprises to circumvent international sanctions

The Ossetian financier turned mountain fisherman

December 12, 2019

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

“We played football with Ossetians in that field” a report from a divided village

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

August 24, 2019

“The war was 11 years ago, but it continues in our village to this day,” local residents say

A woman driving a car - is it still a moot point in South Ossetia? Video

May 02, 2019

One personal story

Video: What’s left of South Ossetia's Jewish quarter after two wars?

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

November 01, 2018

A large Jewish community had been living in the region since at least the 18th century

Ten years since the August War: stories of two young women from both sides of the conflict

August war 2008

August 08, 2018

How this decade has passed, and what has remained as the most memorable moments

Should we kill dogs?

May 30, 2018

A film about the stray animal problem in South Ossetia

Photo-story: My big Ossetian wedding

Traveling the Caucasus

May 16, 2018

On wedding traditions and ceremonies in South Ossetia - legends, incidents, photos

Georgia: The deadly legacy of the August war

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

March 24, 2018

Live ordnances keep turning up even ten years after

Politicians, merchants and the unemployed on 2017 in South Ossetia

New Year in the Caucasus

January 02, 2018

A change of power, a dissatisfied population and Putin

Film about an Ossetian artist living in a Georgian village in the conflict zone

Modern art in the Caucasus

September 21, 2017

Eva: “My father’s grave ended up on the other side, in South Ossetia.”

Salvador Dali, or paintings on the gates in South Ossetia. Video

Traveling the Caucasus

May 18, 2017

Are you interested in Salvador Dali? This way, please

President and king under democracy conditions

May 08, 2017

The prospects of new South Ossetia through local experts’ opinions

South Ossetia as part of Russia – new discussions on the referendum idea

March 27, 2017

Video survey in Vladikavkaz: what do North Ossetians think about their south kin’s drive to join Russia

An orphanage in South Ossetia, documentary film

February 26, 2017

This film is five years old. The number of children in Tskhinval orphan boarding school is not decreasing

Tank, helicopter, “zaporozhets” and state emblem

Traveling the Caucasus

January 15, 2016

The Soviet symbols still present in the Caucasus. Photo and video stories

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