De facto South Ossetian Government dissolves

The de facto President of the Georgian breakaway Tskhinvali region has dissolved the de facto government.

Leonid Tibilov said the Government had failed to accomplish the goals of socio-economic development and consolidate, according to a Russian media report today.

In the meantime, Domenti Kulumbegov has become the Acting de facto Prime Minister. He has held the position of de facto Vice-Premier before.

South Ossetian and Russian forces gained full de facto control of the Tskhinvali region after the 2008 Russian-Georgian war. Five countries - Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Tuvalu - recognised South Ossetias independence. However Georgia and the rest of the international community do not consider the existence of South Ossetia as a political entity. They consider Tskhinvali region to be occupied by the Russian army.