>BTW, so far nobody looked at the map. South Ossetia has a nice chunk of coast. Luckily, the Caspian pipeline doesn't run through it, but isn't far either.

Eh? :) You probably mix it up with Abkhazia, which is on the coast. South Ossetia, as well as North Ossetia, are deep in the mountains. Here is the map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia