A recent claim that Russia is building a sophisticated radar surveillance station somewhere in South Ossetia remains unconfirmed, but it indicates how little is known about the territory that was the focus of the Georgia-Russia war almost two years ago. Despite being recognized by Moscow as an independent state after the war, South Ossetia still has no autonomous means of survival. According to some observers, its population could now be as low as 20,000 after the Georgians who used to live in what was once an ethnically mixed area were forced to flee during and after the war.
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