Originally Posted by Adultmix

U didnt hear them wanting to join Russia and trying to declare FULL AUTONOMY?
It means separate themselves from Georgia as a whole. That is the reason I believe.
Oni hotiat otdelicca ot Grusii polnostiu, stat nezavisimym gosudarstvom.

I guess you also didnt understand that giving you a virtual example with Sahalin I'm telling you that Ossetia is doing the same in Georgia, they do want to be seaprate country, not jsut an autonomy in Georgia.