NThe President of South Ossetia Gagloev: the referendum will be held after Moscow’s signal Moscow is busy with geopolitics, so the vote on joining Russia will take place after receiving the “signal”, the new president of South Ossetia warned. The Kremlin said earlier that it had not taken any legal action
Alan Gagloev
A referendum will be held in South Ossetia only after a corresponding signal from Moscow, this is not a unilateral process, Alan Gagloev, who won the presidential election of the republic, told TASS.
He pointed out that now Russian forces are conducting a special operation in Ukraine, Russia is “dealing with geopolitical issues”, residents of the republic should understand this. “As soon as there is a signal, as soon as there is an understanding that the time has come, we will definitely hold this referendum,” Gagloev explained.
Tskhinvali has already indicated its position, the President-elect of the republic continued, recalling the decision of the current President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov to hold a referendum. According to Gagloev, the residents of the republic have already expressed their attitude during several referendums, but the authorities are ready to hold another one, “if necessary.”
Gagloev received 54.2% during the second stage of the presidential elections in South Ossetia, the vote was held on May 8. The current president Bibilov admitted defeat.
Before the first round, at the end of May, the current president announced his intention to hold a referendum on the republic’s accession to Russia. In early May, he said that the government of South Ossetia had already prepared the necessary documents and the vote would take place.
Gagloev noted at the same time that Tskhinvali and Moscow should “compare positions”, such a question cannot be accepted by one side. He stressed that the holding of the referendum is the “people’s choice” and it will be held by any elected head of the republic. “The main factor here is the readiness of the Russian Federation to take on such responsibility,” the President-elect of South Ossetia stressed.
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Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August 2008 after the fighting and the completion by Russia of the “peace enforcement operation” announced by then-President Dmitry Medvedev.
Georgia considers South Ossetia as part of its territory. The Georgian Foreign Ministry warned that any referendums on the territory of South Ossetia are unacceptable, “as long as the territory of Georgia is occupied by Russia”. Tbilisi insists that many residents of the region left after 2008, and therefore the vote will not be legally binding.
The Kremlin indicated that it had not taken any “legal or other” actions on the referendum issue. “We are talking about expressing the opinion of the people of South Ossetia, and we respect them,” said the representative of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.
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