On September 27, Russian occupation forces abducted 4 minors from the occupation line in the village of Tamarasheni, Kareli district. 

A number of problems in the de facto healthcare system highlight the deep systemic failures that have led the healthcare system of South Ossetia to an acute crisis.

Political repression continues in the de facto republic of South Ossetia.

The people of Akhalgori continue to face restrictions on movement, which are aimed at deepening the humanitarian crisis in the region. 

The Democracy Research Institute (DRI) has been talking about the threats posed by the presence of the military occupation forces of the Russian Federation in de facto Abkhazia for years. 

The de facto South Ossetian authorites have responded to the report of the Georgian Dream Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission, positively assessing the declaration of the then Georgian Government as the culprit of the war.

Recent decrees and strategy of Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrate that the issue of granting and revoking Russian citizenship is an important tool for establishing control in the South Caucasus.

De facto Abkhazia has sharp repressive approaches towards independent civil society organizations and activists. 

A series of alarming incidents in Akhalgori over the past few months and an audit by the de facto government have revealed serious violations of children’s rights. 

For the first time after a 30-year pause, air flights were restored between the Russian Federation and the de facto republic of Abkhazia and a Russian passenger plane landed at Sokhumi Airport.