GEORGIA-RUSSIA-SOSSETIA-VOTE

A South Ossetian woman carryies a wash-basin near a legislative elections poster in Tskhinvali on May 30, 2009. Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua alone, holds legislative elections on May 31 but with the local opposition sidelined by the authorities. AFP PHOTO / KAZBEK BASAYEV