Tsnelisi Crisis

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Anatoly Bibilov

South Ossetia’s president faces calls for impeachment over ‘territorial concessions’

by OC Media

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Anatoly Bibilov is facing possible impeachment proceedings by opposition MPs who have accused the South Ossetian President of harming South Ossetia’s territorial interests. The calls for impeachment followed a heated debate between the president and opposition MPs on 30 December in the South Ossetian Parliament. According to local media, the argument got so heated that the President’s security detail had to intervene. RFE/RL’s Ekho Kavkaza cited Alan Gagloyev, the chair of the opposition Nyk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Official picture.

Georgia

Lavrov accuses South Ossetia of overreacting to Tsnelisi crisis

by OC Media

•4 min read

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused South Ossetia of overreacting to the erection of a new Georgian police checkpoint near the village of Tsnelisi (Uista) in South Ossetia. In a press conference on Friday, Lavrov blamed the crisis on the Georgian authorities but added that South Ossetia’s response was ‘excessive as well’. He called for ‘both sides to show restraint’. South Ossetian authorities responded to the crisis in late August by restricting all movement with Georgia-c