[who_would_fardels_bear]

"The 95%+ Russian population"

What about the 100% Human population of South Ossetia that over time would have done better as citizens of a free Georgia rather than as serfs under a rejuvenated Russian Czardom?

[Lilith Incubus]

What about the 100% Human population of South Ossetia that over time would have done better as citizens of a free Georgia rather than as serfs under a rejuvenated Russian Czardom?

I think it's important that South Ossetians decide what leadership and culture they want to live under, and as they're essentially broken away from Georgia, one must assume that they don't want to be part of Georgia.
It's not for the west to decide if they will be better off long term with Russia or not.

Living in the EU is far from free by the way, our culture has been massacred by the EU, our populous is indebted to foreign banks, our entire reliance on future energy supplies is dictated by the very Czardom you speak of.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

the Ossetians were given full freedom to go on with their culture, etc. but that wasn’t ok, so now they threw in their lot with Russia...welll, I hope the Ossetians will be very thrilled with their new rulers ..., uh, masters.