President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov MOSCOW, March 30 President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov called strategic the goal of the republic is unification with Russia. His appeal is quoted by the press service of United Russia. «I believe that unification with Russia is our strategic goal. Our path. The aspirations of the people. And we will move along this path. We will take appropriate legal steps in the near future. The Republic of South Ossetia will be part of his historical homeland — Russia,» Bibilov said.Pushilin allowed consideration of the issue of joining the DPR to Russia. He noted that now the whole world is going through a turning point. «The Russian world today defends the interests of those who are committed to it, those who oppose Nazism, respect universal human values and fundamental rights accepted by the entire international community and norms,” said the leader of South Ossetia. He recalled that “the first revival of the Russian world in recent history” happened in South Ossetia in 2008, when Russia decided to protect the Ossetian people and recognize the independence of the republic. “Thank you, brothers and sisters It was a historic decision that gave the people of South Ossetia guarantees of peace and opportunities for development,” Bibilov added. However, he stressed, the main historical and strategic goal of the Ossetian people is unification within Russia. «Our people have repeatedly designated this goal, we had the opportunity to make our centuries-old dream come true in 2014, when Crimea returned to its native harbor. We missed our opportunity then, but we cannot allow this to happen again,» the president concluded. Senator Andrei Klimov commented on Ossetia. He noted that the legislation provides for the procedure for the admission of foreign states or their parts to Russia. «In order to do this, the main thing is to express the will of the Ossetian people. This can be done through a referendum,» he explained. wp-content/uploads/2022/03/289cfe572edea74c49e51d05096c0e1d.jpg» />Medvedev compared the situation in Donbass with the events of 2008 On the night of August 8, 2008, Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and destroyed part of its capital, Tskhinval. Russia, protecting the inhabitants of the republic, many of whom took Russian citizenship, sent in troops and, after five days of fighting, ousted the Georgian military from the region, and on August 26 recognized the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tbilisi refuses to recognize the sovereignty of the republics. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the recognition of their independence reflects the existing realities and is not subject to revision. 
The head of the LPR allowed a referendum on joining Russia
