MOSCOW, April 5 Russia, after which a vote on reunification with North Ossetia may take place, President Anatoly Bibilov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Earlier, he said that Tskhinval would soon take legal steps to become part of Russia. According to him, consultations with Moscow are now underway, the referendum may take place after April 10
" When South Ossetia is already part of the Russian Federation, then the processes of unification of Ossetia should already be underway, and then there should already be two referendums", Bibilov said.
He noted that there are already examples of the unification of Russian regions. «Then there should already be two referendums in two constituent entities of the Russian Federation. These are two stages, one might say, of the development of the situation, the unification of Ossetians and Ossetians,» the head of South Ossetia concluded. On August 26, 2008, Moscow recognized the sovereignty of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian leaders have repeatedly stated that the recognition of the independence of the two former Georgian autonomies reflects realities and is not subject to revision. Georgia still does not recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states and considers them to be its regions. North and South Ossetia