“S. Ossetia unclear if it wants independence or to join Russia”
Published: 26 August, 2009, 18:50
Residents of Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia wave national flags from vehicles while driving through Tskhinvali on August 26, 2009. AFP Photo / Kazbek Basaev
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For Abkhazia, independence is a clear goal, while South Ossetia is still hesitant over whether it really wants independence or to join Russia at some point, Andrey Kortunov, president of New Eurasia Foundation, told RT.
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Russia warns of “confrontational” UN document on refugeesThe Russian Foreign Ministry has branded as “provocative” a draft resolution submitted to the UN General Assembly by Georgia. The document relates to the status of Georgian refugees from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. |
26.08.2009, 22:19
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“Saakashvili did something very stupid and very wicked in attacking Tskhinvali”“Russia, I suppose, had to respond to that [Georgian assault], but the way it responded… was devastating to its image,” says Donald Rayfield, professor of Georgian and Russian Studies at the University of London. |
