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    Putin signs treaty integrating South Ossetia into Russia - Yahoo News
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    Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia, with President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia signing a new treaty that calls for nearly full integration.

    South Ossetia broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s, and Russia effectively gained complete control over it and a second breakaway region, Abkhazia, after a brief war against Georgia in 2008.

    Under the agreement signed in the Kremlin, South Ossetia’s military and economy are to be incorporated into Russia’s. The treaty also promises to make it easier for South Ossetians to get Russian citizenship, and to raise salaries for civil servants and state pensions.

    A similar treaty was signed last year with Abkhazia.

    Both regions depend on subsidies from Russia, and the signing of the two integration agreements was accompanied by promises to boost that funding.

    Georgia has denounced the agreements, saying they jeopardize efforts to normalize relations with Russia.

    The Georgian Foreign Ministry called Wednesday’s signing ceremony an “intentional provocation,” since it coincided with the latest round of talks in Geneva aimed at finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute.

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      • É.-U.
      U.S. does not recognize Russia’s treaty with rebel Georgia region : State Dept | Reuters
      ▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/us-russia-georgia-usa-idUSKBN0ME2CH20150318

      The United States does not recognize legitimacy of the treaty signed on Wednesday between Russia and Georgia’s rebellious South Ossetia region, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said.

      “The occupied regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are integral parts of Georgia, and we continue to support Georgia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

      (Reuters : intégralité)

      • OTAN
      Russian treaty with South Ossetia breaks international law : NATO - Yahoo News
      ▻http://news.yahoo.com/russian-treaty-south-ossetia-breaks-international-law-nato-162225556.htm

      Russia’s new treaty with Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region breaks international law and hampers efforts to strengthen regional security, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

      Stoltenberg said the agreement "violates Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and blatantly contradicts the principles of international law, OSCE principles and Russia’s international commitments.

      “This so-called treaty is yet another move by the Russian Federation that hampers ongoing efforts by the international community to strengthen security and stability in the region,” Stoltenberg said in a statement, adding that NATO did not recognize the treaty.

      (Reuters : intégralité)

      • Géorgie et UE
      Russian treaty with rebel Georgian region alarms West | Reuters
      ▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/us-russia-georgia-southossetia-idUSKBN0ME1G620150318

      Tbilisi described the “alliance and integration” treaty as a “move aimed at annexation” and the United States and European Union said they would not recognize the agreement, which the EU depicted as a threat to regional security and stability.
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      EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the signing would be “yet another step” against “ongoing efforts to strengthen security and stability in the region”.

      Où Poutine profite de l’état déplorable des relations avec É.-U. & UE pour avancer ses pions sans trop de risque. Aggraver les sanctions ? De toutes façons, on y va…

      Pour les Mistral français — dont on ne parle plus du tout… — ça commence à devenir carrément difficile.

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