The situation with Gaprindashvili showed Georgia that a full-fledged state was next to it, - Medoev
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree to pardon Vazha Gaprindashvili, convicted of the illegally crossing the state border, guided by humane considerations, said in a commentary by South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev published on the website of the country's Foreign Ministry.