The document was signed in Moscow on March
31, 2017.
MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Russia’s lower house of parliament, the
State Duma, ratified on Wednesday an agreement on the procedure of integrating
South Ossetian separate military units into the Russian Armed Forces.
The document was signed in Moscow on March 31, 2017. Under the agreement, South Ossetians, who have Russian citizenship, reside in the republic and are liable for military duty, may be recruited for contract service in the Russian army. The document says that sending them to the Russian military base in South Ossetia will be on a voluntary basis.
The document was signed in Moscow on March 31, 2017. Under the agreement, South Ossetians, who have Russian citizenship, reside in the republic and are liable for military duty, may be recruited for contract service in the Russian army. The document says that sending them to the Russian military base in South Ossetia will be on a voluntary basis.
Upon
concluding such a contract, a citizen must be discharged from military service
in the South Ossetian armed forces and his further active duty will be regulated
by the Russian legislation.
The
agreement on integrating some units of the South Ossetian Defense Ministry into
the Russian Armed Forces is an additional document under the Treaty on Allied
Relations and Integration signed by the presidents of both countries on March
18, 2015.
Source: ITAR-TASS 24-01-2018
