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South Ossetia
Хуссар Ирыстон

South Ossetia is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, it is governed by the partially-recognized Republic of South Ossetia, which claims the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Georgia does not recognize the secession of the province and considers it to be a part of the Shida Kartli region within its sovereign territory.

The contemporaneously de facto independent republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Transnistria, recognized each other's independence on 17 November 2006.

Since the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 two UN member states have recognised South Ossetia's independence, and several other UN members and unrecognized entities have also expressed a willingness to do so at a future date. The first member of the United Nations to recognize South Ossetia was the Russian Federation on 26 August 2008, followed by Nicaragua on 5 September. However, the European Union, NATO, along many other countries do not recognize South Ossetia as independent state.

Three days after Russia's recognition of South Ossetia as an independent nation, a South Ossetian official announced that the region would soon be absorbed into Russia and Russia will open military bases there. However, Eduard Kokoity, the current president of South Ossetia, later stated that South Ossetia would not forgo its independence by joining Russia.

1994, Kosta Khetagurov

1994, Kosta Khetagurov

1995, Kosta Khetagurov