The leader of South Ossetia, the Caucasus republic that has de facto seceded from Georgia, said today that he is considering a public consultation on reuniting the region with Russia.
"We must, of course, seek the opinion of the people and make sure that the people express themselves on the possibility of unification with the Russian Federation," Anatoly Bibilov said, speaking on Russian television. "It is not difficult to do it without delay. As they say, it is a technical issue," he continued, assuring that reunification is an "old dream" of the Ossetian people.
South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the two Caucasus regions that seceded from Georgia. Russia recognized their independence in August 2008, following a lightning war with Georgia. Since then, Russian forces have been permanently stationed in both regions.
Last week, Bibilov announced that he was sending soldiers from South Ossetia to Ukraine "to help protect Russia".
On Sunday, Luhansk separatist leader Leonid Pashetnik said that "in the near future" a referendum on the region's union with Russia would be held. Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin often talks about a union with Moscow
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