Russia’s Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, will meet with South Ossetian leader, Eduard Kokoity, in Moscow on August 26. 

“[Kokoity] will be paying a working visit to Moscow,” the Russian PM’s press office said in a brief statement on Tuesday.

Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, Alexander Nalbandov, said on August 24 that the Russian PM, accompanied by mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, planned to visit Tskhinvali on August 26 on the one year anniversary of Russia’s recognition of the region’s independence.