Even the coverage of Ossetia events made by pocket Russian journalists cannot hide the poverty and economic snafu in the republic just several scores of kilometers off Georgia. Merely a third of the pre-war population is staying in Ossetia, with Georgian expelled to Georgia as a result of ethnic cleansings and a bulk the natives going over the border to work in Russia, a renowned expert on CIS scene Vitali Portnykov writes on Radio Svoboda Apr. 9.
Kilde: Occupied Donbas may follow track of Southern Ossetia – Vitali Portnykov