The leader of Georgia’s breakaway republic of South Ossetia has said he’s ready to take steps to join Russia, and a referendum is expected to be held within the next few months.
South Ossetia is a de facto independent state and has been recognized by Russia and several other countries since the brief 2008 war. Russia intervened in 2008 to help South Ossetia fight off the forces of then-Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, but most countries still recognize South Ossetia as part of Georgia.
“I believe that unification with Russia is our strategic goal, our path, the aspiration of the people,” said South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov, according to Al Jazeera. “We will take the relevant legislative steps shortly. The republic of South Ossetia will be part of its historical homeland – Russia.”
A spokeswoman for Bibilov said the region was planning to hold a referendum on the matter in light of the “window of opportunity that opened in the current situation,” referring to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Viktor Vodolatsk, a member of Russia’s State Duma, said a referendum will likely be held in May or June. Russia’s Tass news agency reported that South Ossetia is holding consultations with Moscow on the referendum.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani reacted to the news on Thursday and said that “it is unacceptable to speak of any referendums while the territory is occupied by Russia.” Zalkaliani said the referendum “will have no legal force.”
The US also made it clear that it wouldn’t recognize the referendum. State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the US “will not recognize the results of any effort by Russia or its proxies to divide sovereign Georgian territory.”
Another McCain and Graham screw job unfolding before our eyes.
Neither McCain nor Graham. It was G. Soros all the way. Saakashvili was always Soros boy, groomed by him.It is third rail to mention him
Perhaps you need a little trip to the past..
https://youtu.be/Iphxko1Amkk
McCain Graham only tools.Why don’t you mention Newland, Blinken to whom she reported back in 2013-14, Sullivan who was in the department handling the issue back in 13-14. Connect them with Soros. Do you recall F””””K EU These people are part of the gang who control the fate of America Visible and invisible ones . Biden is only this gang’s flunky. Doubt if he is even aware what is happening to America
Russia should just annex the entire world.
No, the rest of the world is already owned by the US and Israel.
better than the present “World Order” which should perish
Maybe just the ones that want it.
It’s about time ✌🏾Z
De facto independent Abkhazia next door is on their way back home too, a mere formality. Liberated Novorossiya in the ukraine from Donbass to Odessa once the Nazi’s occupying that town eventually will fall, will come under Russian protection as well. People in Novorossiyan regions such as Kherson and major parts of Zaporizhzhia region has already switched to rubles, pensions, salaries social security, law and order paid for and provided by Russia.
Both Georgia and the ukraine were Nato trained their military for a war against Russia, when war came Nato chickened off and resorted to flag waving missions along the borders to no avail.
You must be Russian.
I’m not.
Not a problem, you are still very well informed about the demographics of the ethnic Russian population of Eastern and Southern “Ukraine”
Didn’t Lenin merge Novorussiya with the Ukraine SSP in 1922?
What are you?
So what?
Lol how are you capable of an open discussion when you’re so harsh towards anyone that disagrees with you? Resorting to name calling and accusations? That ain’t right my guy.
If the U.S. were actually for “democracy” and self determination in the world as it claims, it would ask international groups who monitor the accuracy of elections to become part of, and watch over, these referendums. If most in these areas truly vote to secede and become part of Russia or become independent and autonomous, it would embrace the freedom of those people’s choice.
But when it came to Yugoslavia, we had different principles.
Don’t forget in Sudan too!
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/07/us-played-key-role-in-southern-sudans-long-journey-to-independence/241660/
“U.S. attempts to support the southern Sudanese struggle have been wide-ranging. A report released by the Congressional Research Service last week lists actions going back to the Clinton era, including the provision of more than $20 million surplus U.S. military equipment to frontline states of Uganda, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, which the report says ‘helped reverse military gains made by the [Sudanese] government’ against the southern rebels. Further pressure on the Sudanese government came with the 1993 designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terror, and the 1997 imposition of comprehensive economic sanctions, which prevented U.S. companies from operating in Sudan.”
Somehow, this:
“…we will not recognize the results of any effort by Russia or its proxies to divide sovereign Georgian territory. We reaffirm our steadfast commitment to Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
didn’t apply with respect to US meddling with Sudan’s sovereign territory or its internationally recognized borders!
It’s up to the will of the region’s PEOPLE, not f***ing Amerikkka.
If S. Ossetia votes to become part of Russia, who give’s a tinker’s damn what Price thinks?
What a joke, holding a referendum while Russian soldiers still are raping local women? Only in Putin’s twisted mind…