Federation Council unanimously passes appeal to president for independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

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Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation at a session on Aug 25 has unanimously approved appeal to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev about recognition of independence of republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. “The peoples of the unrecognized republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have all rights to gain independence,” stated speaker of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov while speaking at the parliament upper house's session. “Recognition by Russia of the independence is a necessary prerequisite for ensuring security of nations living in these territories,” Mironov stressed.

“Taking into account repeated appeals of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on recognition of their independence, including those received on August 22 and 24, 2008, the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation proposes to recognize indepenence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,” the statement reads. 

On 12:00 Moscow time, an extraordinary session of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the situation in South Ossetia has commenced, at which, possibly, an analogous statement will be adopted.