i read in the newspapers today that even china is beginning to get concerned about the russian recognition of abkhazia and so ossetia.
china has some fluid real estate too!
I can guarantee that the Russians will back off of recognizing S. Odessa and Abhkanza’s independence. However, this will cause Russia to take the entirety of Georgia and say it was in itself a breakaway republic (Similar to China having claims on Taiwan). That is what the SCO wanted.