Features and prospects of interaction between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia at the present stage

The paper focuses on the features of unrecognized, partially recognized and weak states, as well as the tools for their formation, functioning and degradation, and specifies the features of the Republic of South Ossetia as a partially recognized state. The factors hindering cooperation with Russia in the context of sanctions restrictions and methods of their elimination are analyzed, the main directions of potential interaction between the countries are identified and the beneficial effects of such synergy are predicted.

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