>Almost all of them have Russian passports.
That’s because Russia is trying to annex the province and gave them the passports. Georgia was too weak to go against it.
It would be like the US giving US passports to everyone living in Baja California.
Background at Strategypage.
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/russia/articles/20080808.aspx
The mishandling of Kosovo by the Clinton administration and the final recognition of the Kosovars by Bush's people were lessons everyone learned. Over at State, they said they weren't setting a bad precedent, yet everyone with half a brain and her sister knew it.
How soon now before Nagorno-Karabakh tries to make its move?