Tbilisi, DFWatch – The de facto leadership of South Ossetia issued a statement saying that the referendum on joining Russia would be conducted in 2017, instead of, as previously planned, in August this year at latest.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia accuses Russia of instrumental use of a South Ossetian initiative to conduct a referendum on joining Russia, while Russia continues sending mixed signals to the Tskhinvali leadership.
South Ossetian hopes for unification with the Russian Federation
South Ossetian KGB detained a 42-years-old Georgian following citizen’s arrest by a local man near Tskhinvali. An uneditified Georgian man was detained in South Ossetia for crossing ‘the border’ (administrative borderline), South Ossetian news agency Res reported. The agency writes that according to the South Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security), a South Ossetian man … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an order to sign an agreement with the de facto government of South Ossetia about the ‘state border.’
The order instructs the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs to hold negotiations with the de facto
TBILISI, DFWatch — The new government in Georgia wants to amend the law on the occupied territories in order to soften the punishment for people who violate it.
The Law on Occupied Territories was adopted in October 2008, a few months after the Russian-Georgian war.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed a special representative to South Ossetia, five days after awarding the same kind of job title in regards to Abkhazia, the other Georgian breakaway region.
The person in charge of South Ossetia, the arena
