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Georgia - South Ossetia War Blog. Truth about the August Events in South Ossetia ... Representatives of Russia, South Ossetia and Georgia have agreed to ...ossetiawar.blogspot.com/South Ossetia — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress
Russia Adds Troops Along South Ossetia-Georgia Border ... New Propaganda Film On South Ossetia; Hint It's Obviously Georgia's Fault ...en.wordpress.com/tag/south-ossetia/Global News Blog " South Ossetia | Blogs |
But there was little scrutiny of Saakashvili's decision to attack South Ossetia. ... The people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia were celebrating on Tuesday after ...blogs.reuters.com/global/tag/south-ossetia/Flash Point: South Ossetia (9 -11 August) (SWJ Blog)
... firepower, retreated from the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Sunday. ... barrages on Georgian positions in South Ossetia as well as near Abkhazia, ...smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2008/08/flash-point-south-ossetia/Russia Blog: War in Georgia: Misreading Ossetia -- Chronology Matters
According to the South Ossetia authorities, nearly one and a half thousand ... the breakaway republic of South Ossetia: Russia Blog: War in Georgia: Yawns and ...www.russiablog.org/2008/08/war_in_georgia_mis-reading_osseti...POV: date=November 2008
South Ossetia ( or ; , Xussar Iryston; , Yuzhnaya Osetiya; , Samxreti Oseti) is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, it is governed by the Republic of South Ossetia (recognised only by Russian Federation and Nicaragua, both in 2008; see International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia), which claims the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Georgia does not recognize the secession of the province and considers it to be a part of the Shida Kartli region within its sovereign territory.
The contemporaneously de facto independent republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Transnistria, recognized each other's independence on 17 November 2006.
Since the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, Russia and Nicaragua have recognised South Ossetia's independence. However, the European Union, NATO, along many other countries consider the territory of South Ossetia a part of Georgia and do not recognize South Ossetia as an independent state.West condemns Russia over Georgia, BBC, 26 August 2008Scheffer ‘Rejects' Russia's Move, Civil.ge, 26 August 2008
Since 28 August 2008, Georgia has been considering South Ossetia to be "Russian-occupied territory."
Three days after Russia's recognition of South Ossetia as an independent nation, a South Ossetian official announced that the region would soon be absorbed into Russia and Russia will open military bases there. However, Eduard Kokoity, the current president of South Ossetia, later stated that South Ossetia would not forgo its independence by joining Russia.
Political status
Parallel to the secessionist held referendum and elections, the Ossetian opposition movement (People of South Ossetia for Peace) to Eduard Kokoity, the current President of South Ossetia, organized their own elections in which Georgian and some Ossetian inhabitants of the region voted in favour of Dmitry Sanakoyev as the alternative President of South Ossetia.[http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng/breve_contenu.php?id=279 Two Referendums and Two “Presidents” in South Ossetia - CAUCAZ.COM ] The alternative elections of Sanakoyev claimed full support of the ethnic Georgian population.
In April 2007, Georgia created the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia and staffed by ethnic Ossetian members of the separatist movement. Dmitry Sanakoyev was assigned as the leader of the Entity. It was intended that this provisional administration would negotiate with central Georgian authorities regarding its final status and conflict resolution. On 10 May 2007, Sanakoyev was appointed by the President of Georgia as the Head of South Ossetian Provisional Administrative Entity.
