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Another Separatist Republic Wants to Join Russia

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Another Separatist Republic Wants to Join Russia
Georgian special police patrol the Georgian-South Ossetian border on Aug. 30, 2019. Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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The head of a separatist region, South Ossetia, announced it wants to join Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine.

Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the region, which is within the Caucasus nation of Georgia, said he will take legal steps to join Russia. He did not elaborate.

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