Ringing In a New Thiefdom
The former wrestler and South Ossetian separatist Eduard Kokoity is quite a character. I’m not sure what his first act of state was as president of the newly “independent” South Ossetia – drinking three liters of wine, organizing mass photo shoots for the media of “celebrating” citizens, or declaring that Russia shall have a new military base there. Not many would call this a particularly auspicious or promising birth of a new nation.