19:16, 26 November 2025

Alan Gatsoev was taken away from the neutral zone by ambulance.

Ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev, who spent five months living in the neutral zone between Georgia and Russia, has been hospitalized in North Ossetia due to worsening health.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, Tajik citizen Alan Gatsoev was denied entry to Russia, where his entire family is located in Vladikavkaz. He has been living in the neutral zone near Verkhniy Lars in his car since the summer. The North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs explained that Gatsoev was banned from entry due to violations of immigration laws, a decision the court upheld. Social media users were outraged by the authorities' indifference to Gatsoev's fate.

Gatsoev himself said that his entire family lives in North Ossetia, where his parents are buried. "I've been living in these conditions for five months now. I have diabetes. After a massive heart attack, I had stents installed in my heart. It was bearable in the summer, but now the cold is setting in, and I don't know what to do," he said. Gatsoev sleeps in the backseat of his car, where he also cooks. He claims to have received numerous fines for violating immigration laws, and in 2024, he was "barred from entering for five years." Gatsoev was traveling to Georgia to cross the border to have his documents stamped, but he was not allowed back into Russia.

Alan Gatsoev, who spent five months living in a car in the neutral zone between Georgia and the Verkhniy Lars Customs Point, was hospitalized in a North Ossetian medical facility in serious condition, the Nog Iryston Telegram channel reported today.

Alan Gatsoev, who has diabetes, experienced a sharp increase in his blood sugar. Civil activist Indira Gabolaeva called an ambulance for him, OsNova reported, citing North Ossetian parliament member Soslan Didarov.

"Due to his anxiety, his sugar levels jumped sharply. He is now being taken to the Prigorodnaya Central Regional Hospital. North Ossetia's Astana Health Minister Mitsiev (appointed acting minister on November 1 - Caucasian Knot note) assured that the patient will receive all the necessary assistance," he was quoted as saying in the publication.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/417546