Bayan yakin Ossetia ta Kudu a shekarar 2008, Rasha ta amince da Ossetia ta Kudu a matsayin mai zaman kanta. Wannan amincewar da Rasha ta yi a gefe guda ta fuskanci la'anar daga kasashen Yammacin Turai, irin su NATO, Kungiyar Tsaro da Hadin Kai a Turai da kuma Majalisar Tarayyar Turai saboda keta hadin kan Georgia. Amsar diflomasiyya ta EU ga labarai ta jinkirta saboda rashin jituwa tsakanin kasashen Turai ta Gabas, Burtaniya tana son amsa mai tsauri da Jamus, Faransa da sauran jihohin da ba sa son ware Rasha. Tsohon wakilin Amurka Richard Holbrooke ya ce rikicin na iya ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawaye a wasu tsoffin jihohi a kan iyakar yammacin Rasha. Bayan kwanaki da yawa, Nicaragua ta zama ƙasa ta biyu da ta amince da Ossetia ta Kudu ba tare da Venezuela ba.
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