Русская версияRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country's forces will
pull out of most of Georgia by the weekend.
However, in a telephone
call with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, Medvedev said
500 soldiers would remain as peacekeepers. A Russian military
official has told reporters that Russian troops will be stationed
in a buffer zone around Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia
and possibly Abkhazia as well. There is still no evidence of a
large-scale Russian withdrawal from Georgia. Earlier, Russia's
ambassador to the United Nations rejected a draft Security Council
resolution that would demand an immediate pullout, saying it didn't
reflect the principles of a French brokered ceasefire.
(Deutsche Welle)
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