Bibilov against Tibilov. Political friction has arisen in South Ossetia over the preparation of a draft treaty on relations with Russia
However, in South Ossetia, they decided that the current treaty did not meet the current realities, and various political forces, pushing their elbows apart, began to practice drawing up new versions of partnership agreements. At the same time, the almost complete absence of comments from the official Russian side therefore raises questions to the question and seems to indicate that the new treaty is being prepared unilaterally by the South Ossetian side.
He is preparing, of course, he is preparing, but during this preparation, frankly, alarming news come from Tskhinval. In the course of the creation of a new agreement on partnership and cooperation with the Russian Federation, the warring parties were identified. One side is headed by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov. Another - a person with a consonant surname - the speaker of the republican parliament, Anatoly Bibilov. What is the stumbling block?
As it turned out, the variant of the treaty submitted by the group of Leonid Tibilov submitted for approval to the RSO parliament was criticized by representatives of the largest parliamentary faction - United Ossetia faction (occupies about 60% of seats in parliament). This faction is headed by Anatoly Bibilov. According to parliamentarians, the "presidential" version of the treaty "does not meet the interests of the republic." Anatoly Bibilov himself declares literally the following (quote RIA News):
If we talk about the draft treaty created under the leadership of the President of South Ossetia, the document is in many ways similar to the treaty signed between Russia and Abkhazia. Under this agreement, the security forces are fully controlled by the authorities of the republic, the state security issues are also resolved by the state of Abkhazia, while continuing to follow the path of independence both politically and economically, while expanding trade and economic, humanitarian, socio-political and other contacts with the Russian Federation. The classic version of the treaty between two independent states-neighbors.
But deputies from the party "United Ossetia" say that they will block the adoption of such a project, and at the same time offer their own version of the agreement on integration and alliance. The essence of the project is to fully open the border with Russia, transfer the defense and security functions to the Russian side and do everything for full economic integration.
Before continuing to discuss the situation in South Ossetia, it should be recalled that the population of South Ossetia is about 50 thousand people (the overwhelming majority of residents of the republic have Russian citizenship), that in the South Ossetian parliament - 34 there are places that the official currency in South Ossetia is Russian ruble , and that the economy of South Ossetia is 99% oriented to Russia.
These statistics, as well as the fact that South Ossetia, in addition to Russia, has only one neighbor, and this neighbor, Georgia, actually speak a lot about it. With the 50 population of thousands, and the mentality of the inhabitants of the Caucasus, it can be said that everyone in such a public conglomerate is well aware of each other. As they say, one sneezed — everyone else heard and prepared to say: “Be healthy!” And this is without any exaggeration.
Moreover, everybody understands perfectly well that whatever type of agreement on alliance and integration with Russia would have, it is alliance and integration with Russia is the only reasonable choice for South Ossetia at the present stage of its development. In this connection, the attempt of South Ossetian politicians to organize fuss and look for some political dividends in terms of preparing a cooperation agreement with the Russian Federation looks somehow very strange. Perhaps even more strange here is the silence of the official authorities of Russia - after all, the agreement of the Republic of South Ossetia is going to sign with anyone, namely with Russia.
Based on this, there are two variants of the background of this stories around contract design.
Option one: Russia is now so uncomfortable with South Ossetia that they are offering to prepare everything for Tskhinval officially, and Moscow will figure out how to act in this or that situation (depending on the final version of the project).
Option two: Russia deliberately demonstrates respecting the distance from the political life of the RSO, saying that the sovereignty of South Ossetia recognized at the time is not an empty phrase, and the RSO politicians have sufficient authority and sufficient “maturity” to prepare the document on their own. This is a kind of Abkhaz variant - Tibilov variant.
There is a third option. Perhaps it looks a bit conspiracy, but in the current situation it simply cannot be ignored. It lies in the fact that the political elites of Russia can not decide on how to perceive South Ossetia in the future? Probably, among the above-mentioned elites there are (at least) two groups, one of which calls for South Ossetia to remain at a certain distance from Russia, and the other for RSO to become a kind of extra-federal subject of the federation with the possibility of future membership this very federation, and already today partly with the rights and obligations of the average Russian region. These groups did not decide everything among themselves, and it gives the South Ossetian politicians a reason to come together in a political clash.
If it is the third option that works, then it is time for these groups to decide. To finally decide for the purpose that the undercover intrigues did not lead to the fact that South Ossetia will begin to look in another direction at all ... And those who want to sow discord even in tiny South Ossetia - the Caucasus region, where the wounds of war still hurt, in the “humane” There will be plenty of international community.
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