During a plenary session, the State Duma approved the law “On ratification of the agreement on deepening allied cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia.”

The draft law was submitted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The so-called “agreement on deepening allied cooperation” provides for expanded cooperation in the fields of defense, security, economy, infrastructure, and social policy, as well as the creation of conditions for the free movement of capital, goods, services, and labor.

The document was signed on May 9 by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the de facto leader of occupied Tskhinvali, Alan Gagloev.