Zarina Sanakoeva

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Zarina is a journalist and civil activist from South Ossetia. She holds bachelor’s degrees in philology and political science from the South Osetian State University.

The South Ossetian Government building. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva/OC Media.

Anatoly Bibilov

New government takes shape in South Ossetia ending half-year deadlock

by Zarina Sanakoeva

•4 min read

A new government has begun to be sworn in in South Ossetia bringing an end to over six months of crisis. On 12 March, opposition MPs ended their six-month boycott of parliament, approving Gennady Bekoev as prime minister. On Tuesday, President Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree appointing nine ministers, eight of whom retained their previous posts. The ministers of health and the interior, as well as the head of the Information and Press Committee, remain vacant, suggesting new faces could be

A session of the South Ossetian Parliament. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva/OC Media.

Georgia

South Ossetia crisis becomes constitutional

by Zarina Sanakoeva

•3 min read

The political crisis in South Ossetia has reached new heights after the 2021 budget was adopted despite not enough MPs being present to achieve a quorum. On 16 February, 18 MPs voted in favour of the new budget, despite the minimum 23 of 34 MPs not being present for the vote. Parliament has been paralysed since September 2020 due to a boycott by 14 opposition MPs. The crisis was sparked by the death in police custody of local resident Inal Dzhabiyev, a suspect in the attempted assassinatio

For months the South Ossetian parliament has been paralysed as the opposition are boycotting sessions. Official image.

Anatoly Bibilov

Five months in, crisis in South Ossetia shows little sign of abating

by Zarina Sanakoeva

•5 min read

After five months of protests, threats, and boycotting of parliament, the political crisis in South Ossetia is continuing unabated. Local experts see no way out of the impasse. On 11 February, a session of the South Ossetian parliament was again aborted after a lack of a quorum was reached. Almost half of MPs, 14 out of 32, have been boycotting parliamentary sessions for five months. They remain steadfast in their demand for President Anatoly Bibilov to dismiss the Prosecutor General, Uruzma

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