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Article: Russia, Georgia rattle sabers over Ossetia; South Ossetia is pushing hard to break from Georgia with support from Russia.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Byline: Daria VaismanContributor to The Christian Science Monitor
TSKHINVALI, SOUTH OSSETIA -- South Ossetia's main road is dotted with checkpoints and overlooked by a large poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin that reads "our president" less than a mile from a Georgian flag flapping over a Tbilisi-controlled enclave.
"It's a chess game," says Ada Tsaritova, a young South Ossetian woman, pointing down the street. "What can we do?... If we join with Georgia it means the end of Ossetia."
The breakaway republic is caught in a heated tug of war between Georgia and Russia. At issue is South Ossetia's renewed push for autonomy with Russia's ...