30 March – The President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, declares that the partially recognised state will undertake "legal steps" in the near future for accession to become part of Russia.[1]
30 March – On a televised address, President Anatoly Bibilov declared that he would take legal steps towards a referendum on the territory joining the Russian Federation.[2]
31 March –Georgia says plans by the breakaway state of South Ossetia, which is internationally recognized as occupied Georgian territory, to hold a referendum on becoming a part of Russia are "unacceptable".[3]
