Russia says it is part of Russia
No it doesn’t.
Show your source or take it back.
Instead it is the South Ossetians who would like to federate with Russia.
They would probably like to mimic their well to do neighbors in North Ossetia.
Wishing and hoping don’t make it so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetian_independence_referendum,_2006
Council of Europe Secretary General on the vote in South Ossetia, The Council of Europe press release, November 13, 2006.
Georgia's Breakaway South Ossetia Region Backs Independence, The Voice of America, November 13, 2006.