ossetian and abkhazian populations, respectively. both are vast majorities in their republics, both are very, very different from russians and from georgians

Poul, in which case the Russians have no business distributing passports to the population in order to establish a pretext for intervention and invasion.

it’s more fair and more logical that the vast majority of the population stays where they are, and georgian rulers are sent home.

if you deny this, what’s to stop russians from using the same logic to take away over whole georgia?

Then the vast majority of the population should also be fighting the Russians–to claim their autonomy as well as help preserve that of the Georgians. But they don’t seem willing, do they? And so by preemptively giving them their independence Georgia would accomplish what, exactly?

The issue is complicated, and sovereignty is not merely a matter of ethnic population densities. For instance, Mexican nationsal may at some point outnumber U.S. citizens in the southwestern U.S. but even if the Mexican government should issue them passports and lay prior claim to the territory, I doubt the argument would be favorably received by Washington, no matter who is President.