SOUTH OSSETIAN SECESSIONIST ELECTION ENCOURAGED BY GEORGIA’S NORTHERN NEIGHBOR.

President Akhsarbek Galazov of the Russian Federation’s republic of North Ossetia has endorsed the planned presidential election in South Ossetia, the breakaway region of Georgia. In an address to the people of South Ossetia, Galazov also said he personally hoped for the election of a president there who would contribute to the attainment of political status for South Ossetia and to its "integration with North Ossetia." The two Ossetias are "closely linked not only ethnically and culturally but also politically," Galazov said in his address. (Iprinda, November 5)

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