“Russia has a legitimate claim in the deaths of its peacekeepers during the initial assault on Tskhinvali and some concession will need to be made.”

If Russian claim that Georgian peacekeeping contingent was responsible, I would agree with that statement, but so far it is not clear the circumstances around the death of the peacekeepers.

@RAH
Georgian villages inside South Ossetia have been thoroughly cleared of Georgians by Russians and SO. SO is no longer a patchwork, and is likely to be “independent”.