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MOSCOW, April 5 The overwhelming majority of South Ossetian residents will support the decision to join the Russian Federation, said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the president of the republic, Anatoly Bibilov. Previously, Bibilov said that the republic would soon take legal steps to become part of Russia. According to him, consultations are now underway with the Russian Federation, the referendum may take place after April 10. «I think that everyone supports this decision. Why? Because this is again not the desire of Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov, but this is the desire of the people. That is, I express the desire of the people. And this desire is absolutely connected with my desire,» he said .According to Bibilov, in 1992, in a referendum, 99.8% of the population of the Republic of South Ossetia voted for joining the Russian Federation. «I do not think there will be any serious difference between these figures. In these statistics, I think there will be no difference,” said the head of South Ossetia.Read the full text of the interview >>
07: 12Bibilov spoke about the preparations for the referendum in South Ossetia