Yeah, but these passports appeared after the tensions in South Ossetia began. That is, first, the Ossetians declared that they wanted independence and to join Russia, then Georgia refused them this luxury, and only after that did Russia offer the residents of South Ossetia its citizenship and passports. Quite a situation.
As for the "illegal" inclusion of South Ossetia into Georgia, they are wrong again; everything was done according to the law and some decree on the distribution of territories after the collapse of the USSR. However, this distribution was, to put it mildly, strange. Ossetia was divided into North and South, with one included in Russia and the other in Georgia. Crimea was given to Ukraine, and there are many other mistakes, which represent a ticking time bomb, as each of them has caused/is causing/will cause conflicts. Why this division was signed by the majority of those responsible for it, I have no idea:smile32:
Regarding the annexation. According to the law, as far as I know, Georgia, as a republic with autonomies on its territory, should have separately decided on the issue of its autonomies (since they could also become separate states), but it simply left them within its composition.
