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South Ossetia: Former USSR Citizens Right to Citizenship

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Georgia, Russia, Ethnicity & Race, International Relations, War & Conflict

LJ user anton2ov [Russian] argues [1] that South Ossetians – despite nominally being Georgian subjects – have the right to choose Russian citizenship, as the country is a successor state to the Soviet Union.