On the issue of the "separatism" of South Ossetia
The South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic was proclaimed in the USSR on September 20, 1990. In the USSR, the Constitution of the USSR must be observed. And in the Constitution of the USSR it is written that South Ossetia is part of the Georgian SSR. So South Ossetia in fact proclaiming the republic did not withdraw from the GSSR and did nothing to arouse suspicions of separatism.