Moscow rejects S Ossetia unity pledge

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Series Details 12.9.08
Publication Date 12/09/2008
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Moscow was quick to distance itself on the 11 September 2008 from comments by Eduard Kokoity, President of the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia, who pledged to unite with Russia by merging with its autonomous republic of North Ossetia, before saying he had been misunderstood

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ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/
Russia Today, 11.9.08: South Ossetia denies it will join Russia http://rt.com/news/

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