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To be or not to be a state? The alignment behaviours of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with Russia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies
This article presents an adaptation of Kuik's hedging theory to analyse the secessionist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both seeking independence from Georgia with Russian support. By examining their distinctive strategies, this study addresses
Anton Aslund
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NATURAL RECOVERY OF RIPARIAN PLANT COMMUNITIES PITSUNDA PINE AFTER FOREST FIRES

RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2015
Thousands of people visit the riparian forests near the resort, which significantly increases the frequency of forest fires. Our studies have shown that restoration of the environmental and recreational value of the territory takes place in a much ...
S V Krylenko, A M Aleinikov, V V Krylenko   +2 more
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Borders and bullies: How borders shape perceptions of security and foreign policy preferences

Research & Politics
Contested borders raise the question of how to provide security without provoking a stronger neighbor. Using novel survey data from Georgia, we investigate how proximity to disputed borderlines and variation in the nature of borderlines shape security ...
Sabine C. Carey, Jürgen Brandsch
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Epidemiology and Genetics of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI in Russia. [PDF]

Front Mol Biosci, 2021
Voskoboeva E, Semyachkina A, Miklyaev O, Gamzatova A, Mikhaylova S, Vashakmadze N, Baydakova G, Omzar O, Pichkur N, Zakharova E, Kutsev S.   +10 more
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Mobile Operator Supports Refugees and Disabled in Georgia [PDF]

Informatică economică, 2009
Collapse of USSR and declaration of independence by Georgia was followed by ethnic conflicts provoked by Russia, and de-facto loosing of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, with about 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Zviad KIRTAVA
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Russia’s Recognition of Independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia – Causes of Deviation from Russian Traditional Recognition Policy

, 2016
Chapter I. Introduction -- 1.1 Research Topic -- 1.2 Research Goal and Structure -- Chapter II. Self-Determination, Secession and Recognition in International Law -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.
Samkharadze, Nikoloz
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Culture-Independent Survey of Thermophilic Microbial Communities of the North Caucasus. [PDF]

Biology (Basel), 2021
Toshchakov SV, Izotova AO, Vinogradova EN, Kachmazov GS, Tuaeva AY, Abaev VT, Evteeva MA, Gunitseva NM, Korzhenkov AA, Elcheninov AG, Patrushev MV, Kublanov IV.   +11 more
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The Distinct Cases of Kosovo and South Ossetia: Deciding the Question of Independence on the Merits and International Law

, 2008
The cases of Kosovo and South Ossetia provide two opportunities for the community of nations to reconcile the rights of Serbia and Georgia with the rights of the peoples within their borders.
Thomas, Ronald
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Who's to blame?: Western responses to the 2008 Georgia–Russia–South Ossetia conflict

, 2009
It has been called the August War, the Five-Day War, the start of a new Cold War, and even Europe's First War of the 21st Century. Whichever title one chooses, the bottom line is that this short war, which saw Georgian, Russian, and South Ossetian forces
Golliday, Jessica Lynn
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On Criss-crossing Isoglosses in the Vocabulary and Toponymy of South Ossetia

Вопросы Ономастики, 2018
The paper examines the facts of phonetic interference between the Kudar and Iron dialects of the Ossetian language on the basis of dialect vocabulary and toponymy of South Ossetia. Being a residual phenomenon, they testify to the dialect mixing that occurred in the earlier times of language development.
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