MOSCOW, Mar 31 The Kremlin does not take any action, including legal action, in in connection with the statement of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov about plans for a referendum on joining the Russian Federation, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. Earlier, Bibilov said that the republic would soon take legal steps to become part of Russia. Bibilov noted that the opportunity to realize this «strategic goal» was back in 2014, when Crimea was reunited with the Russian Federation following a referendum. According to Bibilov, in the event of the unification of South and North Ossetia, a single entity can be called Ossetia-Alania. «I cannot express any position, we have not taken any legal or other actions in this regard, but at the same time, in this case we are talking about expressing the opinion of the people of South Ossetia, we treat it with respect,” Peskov told reporters. told how South Ossetia can become part of Russia
