How can a "republic" be created out of nothing? Only with the help of the Russian secret service. Like Abkhazia and the Dnestr republic, South Ossetia is a soviet creation with a totalitarian regime. It is completely under control of the Russian defence and secret service. These "republics" have a president and parliament on a mono-ethnic basis, despite the fact that other (larger) ethnic groups exist in the area. None of them are represented. The governement is extremely anti-Western and percecute people with pro-Western thoughts. Now and then so-called elections are held, fully financed from Moscow and are falsified. For example in november 99% supposedly voted for president Kokoiti. Tens of thousands of Georgians were prevented from taking part in these elections.
The region is in fact called Samachablo. In the 1930's only 4 Ossetian families lived in there. The present number has been artificially created by the soviets. In South Ossetia as well as Abkhazia the population is handed Russian passports. There thereby become Russian citizens and Russia has to "protect" them from "agression" - a pretext for invading Georgia.
There is no import/export, no respect for human rights. Hundreds of thousands of Georgian refugees are not being allowed into their homes by the so-called Russian peacekeepers. The leadership of the peacekeeping mission uses agressive language towards Georgia and takes its own measures, for example the removal of Georgian houses, taking the (building) materials for themselves. The peacekeepers (under UN mandate) are involved in smuggling of cigarettes and weapons.
The solution would be to return the refugees and then to organize democratic elections. Guarantees for human rights and equality.









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