Irina Kelekhsayeva
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The residents of the unrecognised republic live in daily fear of new conflict with Georgia.
Georgian government increases support for “alternative” president of South Ossetia.
Some Ossetian politicians question the merits of holding another independence vote
After a helicopter carrying the Georgian defence minister is nearly shot out of the sky by South Ossetian troops, neither side looks ready to back away from confrontation.
A summer full of fear and violence leaves South Ossetians expecting the worst in the confrontation with Tbilisi.
Can a letter from the president of South Ossetia breathe new life into the moribund peace process?
Governments of South Ossetia and Georgia try to make a compromise agreement work, but the situation on the ground remains tense.