The so-called Prime Minister of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, the Vice-Prime Ministers, Kristina Ozgan and Vladimir Delba, and the Head of the Capital Construction Division, Timur Agrba, met with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

A meeting between the de facto government of the Tskhinvali region and a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia was held in Tskhinvali. The Chairman of the de facto government, Konstantine Jusoev, met with a group of employees of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, chaired by the Director of the Department for Special Programs and Projects, Vitaly Gudin.

The de facto Prime Minister of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, held a working meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and Transport of the Russian Federation. The delegation chaired  by Vitaly Gudin, the Director of the Department for Special Programs and Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development, arrived from Moscow.

A delegation of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development chaired by the Deputy Minister, Dmitry Volvach, paid a two-day working visit to the Tskhinvali region on October 1. Although Ossetian sources do not emphasize on the composition of the delegation, photos show that Vitaly Gudin, the Director of the Department for Special Programs and Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development, overseeing the direction of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, and Anton Melnik, his deputy, comprised the delegation.

The de facto Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy of Abkhazia, Kristina Ozgan, met with a delegation of the Russian Federation. The delegation comprised of the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dmitry Volvach, the Deputy Minister of Energy, Yevgeny Grabchak, the Director of the Department for Special Programs and Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development, overseeing the directions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, Vitaly Gudin, and his Deputy Anton Melnik.

The issues of socio-economic development of the Tskhinvali region were discussed with a Russian delegation in Tskhinvali. The meeting discussed the issues of the “allocation of financial support for the socio-economic development” of the Tskhinvali region, the implementation of the investment program, and the so-called “harmonization of customs legislation.”

The de facto President of the Tskhinvali region, Anatoly Bibilov, held a meeting on socio-economic cooperation with a Russian delegation. The Russian Ministries of Economic Development, Labor, Education and Science, Health and other institutions, represented Russia.

On October 2-3, 2020, the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Mikheil Babich, paid two-day working visit to the Tskhinvali region. During the visit, Babich met with the de facto president of the Tskhinvali region, Anatoly Bibilov, and members of the de facto government. He also visited the implemented and ongoing projects financed by Russia.