Republic of South Ossetia is located оn the southern slopes of the Main Caucasus Range in the area of 3900 square meters. Тhe capital is the city of Tskhinval.
One-tenth of the surface occupied by the Republic of the foothills.
The rest of the territory - the mountainous terrain height from 850 to 3938 meters above sea level.
The highest point - Mount Halatsa (3938 m).

Archive - 2015

April 28th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Diplomatic missions of Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics of in the Republic of South Ossetia were officially opened today. Natalya Horsheva, the Chief of Administration of LPR Head, was heading the delegation of the Republic. The delegation of DPR was headed by Alexander Coffman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kosta Pukhaev, the First Deputy Head of RSO President Administration, Alan Kochiev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rodion Siukaev, the State Councilor of the President on social problems, participated in the ceremony on South Ossetian side.

April 24th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Daniel Tibilov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Nicaragua met in Managua with Samuel Santos Lopez, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on April 23, 2015.


Copies of credentials were delivered to the Minister during the meeting.

April 22nd

Message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic South Ossetia



President Tibilov hosted a Nauruan delegation headed by David Adeang, the Vice President the Republic, on April, 22. The Vice-speaker of the Parliament Akua Renin, the Deputy Minister of Finance Hunt Martin and MP Buramen Cyril were members of the delegation. Konstantin Kochiev, State Councilor of the President, Kazbulat Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Igor Kochiev, the Parliamental Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliament Communications Chairman, participated in the meeting on South Ossetian side.

April 21st

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



April, 21 has seen opening of a photo exhibition “South Ossetia: the Country and People” prepared by Italian photographer Leonardo Mattioli. The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO together with Italy - South Ossetia Friendship Society, with assistance of the Ministry of Culture of the RSO in cinema and concert hall “Chermen”.


Alan Kochiev, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erik Pukhaev, the Deputy Prime Minister, Madina Ostaeva, the Minister of Culture, Professor Mauro Murgia, the President of Italy - South Ossetia Friendship Society, and public representatives participated in the ceremony.

April 20th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

Kazbulat Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, met a delegation from the Republic of Nauru headed by David Adeang, the Minister Assisting the President, the Minister for Finance and Sustainable Development and the Minister for Justice, on April 16, 2015 in Moscow.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

A delegation from Italy headed by Professor Mauro Murgia, the President of Italy - South Ossetia Friendship Society is on an official visit to the Republic these days.


A photo exhibition “South Ossetia: the Country and People” prepared by Italian photographer Leonardo Mattioli and organized by Professor Mauro Murgia with the assistance of South Ossetian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture will be opened on April, 21 in cinema and concert hall “Chermen”.

The opening ceremony will start at 11:00.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

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Daniel Tibilov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is on an official visit to Venezuela.

April 17th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Lugansk People’s Republic was opened on April 16, 2015.


Igor Plotnitsky, the Head of the LPR, host a meeting with representatives of the RSO after the opening ceremony. The parties expressed confidence that the work of the Mission would strengthen friendly ties between South Ossetia and Lugansk and help in developing bilateral relations in humanitarian, economic and other spheres.


April 17, 2015, Tskhinval

April 16th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Donetsk People’s Republic started its work in Donetsk on April, 16.


At the official opening ceremony the DPR public representatives expressed confidence that the established Mission would promote developing relations between Donbass and the Republic of South Ossetia in humanitarian, economic and other spheres.

Similar office is supposed to be opened in the capital of South Ossetia in short term.


April 16, 2015, Tskhinval

April 2nd

Comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

As Giorgi Margvelashvili stated in his annual report to the Parliament made on March, 31, the main objectives for Georgia are unity and integrity of the state. For this reason “Abkhazia and South Ossetia should obligatory be deokkupated”. Alongside with this Georgian leader considered valuable to show care of “the Abkhazian and the Ossetian identity preservation, political and cultural rights of the people exercising that can be guaranteed by the European Georgia”.