The FINANCIAL — South Ossetia has so far received a total of 593.9 tons of foreign humanitarian aid, a Russian emergencies ministry source said on September 1, Ria Novosti reports.
"Belarus has sent 63 metric tons, Kazakhstan – 109, Uzbekistan – 280.8, Ukraine – 100, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees – 30.4, and Jordan – 10.7," the source said.
Ria novosti announces, that the cargo includes food, medicines, clothes and blankets, and does not include Russian aid.
According to Herald Tribune, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia was preparing to sign deals with Abkhazia and South Ossetia that would detail Moscow's obligations on economic, military and other assistance to the two regions.
"We will provide all kinds of assistance to these republics," Medvedev said. "These international agreements will spell out our obligations on providing support and assistance: economic, social, humanitarian and military."
Russia went to war with its tiny ex-Soviet neighbor this month after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili launched a failed military offensive to retake South Ossetia from pro-Moscow separatists, Reuters reports.
Russia rolled tanks and troops over its southern border, crushed the Georgian offensive and pushed on into Georgia proper. The Kremlin last week recognized South Ossetia and a second breakaway region, Abkhazia, as independent states.
According to Reuters, the West condemned the Russian operation as disproportionate but has so far shied away from measures to punish Moscow.
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