An abandoned car is seen near a cross in the village of Tbeti near Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 4, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People walk near a billboard, showing President of the breakaway region of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A general view shows the abandoned village of Awnew (Avnevi) near Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 4, 2015. The village was one of the sites where a five-day military conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia together with Russia took place in 2008, according to local media. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

An abandoned house is seen in a remote settlement of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

A cow walks past the ruins of a building in the abandoned village of Awnew (Avnevi) near Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 4, 2015. The village was one of the sites where a five-day military conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia together with Russia took place in 2008, according to local media. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

Vendors sell food stuffs in a street in Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

People gather near a shop, with bottles of Borjomi bottled mineral water seen behind a window, in Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

An employee works at a shop in Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

A woman fries meat on a wood-fired grill at a cafe in Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

A man walks in a street in Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

People drive a car in a street of Leningori (or Akhalgori), in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 6, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev 

A truck, which serves as a mobile bath house (or traditional regional banya) is parked along a street in Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 4, 2015. President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region on March 18 that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. Russia won a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 over the fate of South Ossetia and another rebel region, Abkhazia. It formally recognizes both regions as independent states and signed a similar treaty with Abkhazia last year. Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basaev