On March 15-17, the Chairman of the so-called parliament of the Tskhinvali region, Alan Alborov, paid a visit to Russia. He led a delegation of representatives of regional Central Election Commission observing the Russian presidential elections in Russia.

The Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the Council of the Russian Federation, Grigory Karasin, met with the Adviser to the de facto President of the Tskhinvali region, Konstantine Kochiev.

On September 10, 2019, Grigory Karasin, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was dismissed under the decree of the President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. On August 23, Karasin turned 70 and under the law could no longer hold office in executive branch. In August Putin awarded Karasin with the 3rd class order „For Merit to the Fatherland“.

Reportedly, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, Grigory Karasin, will resign shortly. On August 23, Karasin is turning 70 and under the law can no longer hold office in executive branch. His candidacy will be presented to the Federation Council, where he represents Sakhalin.

According to the directive of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, de facto ambassador of Tskhinvali Region to Russia, Znaur Gassiev, was awarded with the badge for “Interacting“. Award ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, on May 21. Grigory Karasin, Deputy to Lavrov, presented the award to Gassiev.

On May 20, 2019, Grigory Karasin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Curator to Post-Soviet countries, had a phone conversation with Cihan Sultanoglu, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions. At the meeting the parties exchanged views on incident prevention and incident joint response mechanisms at de facto administrative border. Parties also discussed the issues of preparation for the next round of Geneva Discussions, planned in July.

According to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, Georgia's hostile rhetoric over the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not changed after the election of the president. Karasin made this statement after summing up the results of the Geneva Discussions next round.