That is something that it seems the news is intentionally ommitting.
It is like they are presenting it as there are all of these people that just have to be fighting with religion having nothing to do with it when religion may have something to do with it, not sure.
No! They are ethnic Russians, perhaps a bit of Serb or whatever, but Christians.
If you recall, the takeover and bombing of a school by Islamic terrorists took place in N. Ossetia.(located in Russia)
What's being omitted in the reporting is that the Newsies are not putting the blame where it belongs, and it's not a religious issue, it's a issue of who is your daddy. The S. Ossetians are acting under Russian authority and not the authority of the country where they are located. This is done to keep Georgia off balance and in turmoil and for no other reason.