TBILISI, September 19 – De facto South Ossetia’s acting president Marat Kambolov has claimed victory in Friday’s snap election, with his rivals congratulating him even before the final vote count was announced. Georgia condemned the vote as illegal, saying it could not change the breakaway region’s status as part of Georgian territory. The territory’s Central … Read more
TBILISI, September 18 – The Council of Europe has again called on Russia to withdraw its forces from Georgia’s breakaway regions. The statement also urged Russia to comply with judgments in interstate cases brought by Tbilisi, while a faction of greens and socialists within the organization warned of what it described as intensified Russian efforts … Read more
TSKHINVALI, September 17 – De facto South Ossetia will hold an early presidential election on Friday, nearly three months after its previous leader stepped down to take a job in the Russian presidential administration. Four candidates are running: acting president Marat Kambolov, Zurab Kokoev of the Unity party, Murat Valiev of the Patriots of Alania … Read more
TBILISI, April 30 – The Council of Europe (CoE) says its officials were again unable to visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia, leaving outside observers dependent on meetings in Tbilisi and information from international actors. The access problem is brought up once more in the Council of Europe Secretary General’s 33rd consolidated report on the conflict, … Read more
TBILISI, November 18 – Georgia’s ruling party has launched a plan to dissolve the state body known as the Administration of the Former South Ossetian Autonomous District, a structure created nearly two decades ago to represent ethnic Ossetians living under Georgian jurisdiction. A draft law introduced in parliament on Tuesday would abolish the administration from … Read more
Three people injured in the fire in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia’s breakaway republic of South Ossetia, which killed two children, will be taken to one of the clinics in Tbilisi for treatment, Ekho Kavkaza reports based on the information provided by International Committee of the Red Cross. The representatives of the puppet regime themselves … Read more
The de facto authorities of South Ossetia have released eight Georgian citizens detained on the occupation line. All of them are already in the territory controlled by Georgia’s central authorities. They were handed over to Georgian officials at the abandoned checkpoint in the village of Ergneti, near Tskhinvali on Tuesday. Seven men were detained on … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The breakaway region South Ossetia was left without Internet Tuesday due to damage to a fiber-optic cable. It is so far unknown what caused the damage to the cable connecting the separatist republic to the outside world. The cable belongs to the Russian company Gazprom. Local mobile operator Megafon-Osetia claims the Internet outage is … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia on Saturday celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of Komsomol, the infamous political youth organization during the Soviet Union. Central in the celebrations were various events with participation by school pupils dressed in pioneer uniforms including the classic red scarves. Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization was the children’s political agency for … Read more
Akhalgori, DFWatch – The 2018-19 academic year in Akhalgori schools and kindergartens starts on September 5 instead of September 1 and poses dire problems for ethnic Georgian kids and their parents.
Despite the fact that ethnic Georgians compose over 55 percent of Akhalgori population, the Tskhinvali regime disbanded the sole Georgian kindergarten in the district in May.