Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law ratifying the treaty between Russia and the occupied Tskhinvali region (the so-called South Ossetia) on deepening so-called allied interaction.
This treaty signifies a significant deepening of integration and cooperation between Russia and the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia.
The main objectives and content of the treaty include:
- ensuring security: the so-called treaty aims to maintain regional peace and stability through a coordinated foreign policy, as well as joint work in the field of defense and security;
- economic integration: Moscow and Tskhinvali plan to create a single economic space;
- infrastructure integration: the gradual integration of the energy, transport, and communication systems of the Russian Federation and the occupied region;
- social development: one of the goals is to improve the socio-economic living conditions of the residents of the occupied region and develop its infrastructure.
In fact, the de facto agreement cements the course toward a so-called long-term strategic partnership and the gradual merger of the key life-support systems of the Tskhinvali region with Russia.
“Gakharia for Georgia” initiates a resolution against the “agreement” between Moscow and Tskhinvali
