There is no need to start from scratch: Russian expert on Russia's cooperation with South Ossetia and Abkhazia within the framework of a new concept
The publication and translation of books into the Ossetian and Abkhazian languages will increase the awareness of Russians about these republics, Alexander Skakov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes.
During the Moscow-Tskhinval-Sukhum video bridge, he noted that a lot of work had already been done in the relations between Russia and South Ossetia.