Ruski ministar vanjskih poslova Sergej Lavrov je prema izvještajima ustvrdio da OSCE-ov plan za slanje dodatnih posmatrača u region predstavlja pokušaj poništavanja nezavisnosti Južne Osetije, koju priznaju samo Rusija i Nikaragva.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly claimed that the OSCE plan to send additional monitors to the region was an attempt to undo South Ossetia's independence, which only Russia and Nicaragua recognise.