Nikoloz Samkharadze - Russia's Recognition of the Independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

In the concluding part of the chapter, I trace the process of recognition and conclude that recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was caused by a combination of three factors. These factors were:

1 recognition of Kosovo by the West in disregard of the Russian position

2 prevention of Georgia’s membership to NATO and

3 the necessity of the legalization of Russian troops in Abkhazia and South Ossetia after the war.

In my book I use extensively the term recognition. For the purposes of this research the recognition of a state under international law is a declaration of intent by one state to acknowledge another entity as a state within the meaning of international law. Recognition constitutes a unilateral declaration of intent. It is entirely at the discretion of any state to decide to recognize another as a subject of international law.

In this book I also use the term South Ossetia to denominate the territory in the administrative boundaries of the former South Ossetian Autonomous District within Georgia, although such an entity does not exist according to the Georgian constitution and the territory is referred to as Tskhinvali Region.

1Устав Содружества Независимых Государств, 22.01.1993, available at: http://cis.minsk.by/reestr/ru/index.html#reestr/view/text?doc=187

2S/Res. 876 (1993); S/Res. 896, (1994); S/Res.993 (1995); S/Res. 1065, (1996); S/Res. 1124 (1997); S/Res.1150 (1998); S/Res. 1287 (2000); S/Res 1494 (2003); S/Res. 1554 (2004); S/Res.1615 (2005); S/Res.1716 (2006); S/Res.1781 (2007); S/Res. 1808 (2008)

3Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 августа 2008 г. N 1260 http://www.rg.ru/2008/08/29/abhaziya-dok.html Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 августа 2008 г. N 1261 http://www.rg.ru/2008/08/29/osetiya-dok.html

4On August 26, 2008 President Medvedev said in relation to recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that “Russia is not afraid of anything including the prospect of a new cold war”. UK Foreign Secretary Milliband declared on August 27, 2008 that “Russian President has a great responsibility not to start a new cold war”.

5US Senate Resolution 175, 112th Congress, May 10, 2011, available at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/175

6NATO PA Resolution 382, 16 November, 2010, available at: http://www.nato-pa.int/default.asp?SHORTCUT=2245

7European Parliament resolution of 17 November 2011 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (2011/2133(INI)), available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-0514

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