According to the Speaker of de facto Parliament of Tskhinvali Region Petr Gassiev, implementation of Agreement on Alliance and Integration between Russia and Tskhinvali Region is 98% completed. Works on Agreement implementation still ongoing. Gassiev stated that Russia and Tskhinvali Region Internal Affairs Ministries Joint Information-Coordination Center formation, as well as the Tskhinvali Region armed forces separate units integration into Russian Army are examples of the Agreement implementation.

President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin and de facto President of Tskhinvali Region, Leonid Tibilov, signed an agreement on alliance and integration on March 18, 2015. The agreement envisages creating a common space of security and defence as well as freedom of movement over the de facto border between Russia and Tskhinvali Region, integration of customs structures, cooperation along the lines of Ministries of Internal Affairs, simplification of procedures of getting Russian citizenship, which also includes the issue of pensions indexation. The agreement period was determined to be 25 years, with the possibility of further extension by 10 year periods.