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Russia completes key infrastructure at South Ossetian base

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Russia's military has finished building the key infrastructure at the Russian base in the capital of South Ossetia, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, February 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's military has finished building the key infrastructure at the Russian base in the capital of South Ossetia, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

"The training building, a sports complex, a canteen, a bathhouse and a vegetable storage facility have opened and are functioning at the compound in Tskhinvali," the ministry said, adding that four residential buildings have been built for commissioned officers and their families.

Russia recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another Georgian separatist republic, as independent states on August 26 last year, two weeks after the end of a five-day conflict sparked by a Georgian military attack on South Ossetia.

Friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia were signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last November.

Under the pacts, Russia has pledged to help the republics protect their borders, and the signatories have granted each other the right to set up military bases in their respective territories.

The treaties recognize dual citizenship, as the majority of people living in South Ossetia and Abkhazia are Russian passport holders. Russia has also agreed to unify its transportation, energy and communications infrastructure with the republics.

Abkhazia and South Ossetia have so far only been recognized by Russia and Nicaragua. Belarus has said it may recognize the breakaway regions in the future, and Venezuela has voiced support for Russia's move.

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