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“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

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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