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Russia brakes his word - AGAIN!!!!!
Despite Pledges, Russia Shows
No Signs of Pullout From Georgia
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Published: August 18, 2008
New York Times
GORI, Georgia - Russia claimed that it had begun withdrawing its troops from Georgia on Monday, but there was little evidence of it on the ground: Russian soldiers continued digging in to positions along the highway approaching the capital, Tbilisi, s*howing no sign of pulling back* from the severest confrontation between Russia and the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union...
Russia's president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said his nation's forces would begin a withdrawal on Monday to comply with a six-point peace accord signed by both sides over the weekend...
But in Washington, Defense Department and military officials said there was no evidence of Russian forces' complying with pledges to pull back...
On the ground in Georgia, about 25 miles outside the capital along the main highway, the four Russian armored personnel carriers passed the Russian checkpoint at Igoeti and headed in the other direction, toward Tbilisi. Soldiers were piled on top, cradling Kalashnikov rifles.
As they drove by, one old man, Koba Gurnashvili, stepped into the road and yelled at them, "Where do you think you're going!" One of the soldiers yelled back, "To Tbilisi."
France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who brokered the deal, has clarified that it does not allow Russia to block the main highway, or for Russian soldiers to occupy the strategically important central city of Gori, astride the east-west highway; nonetheless, tanks were on the highway on Monday.
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Published: August 18, 2008
New York Times
GORI, Georgia - Russia claimed that it had begun withdrawing its troops from Georgia on Monday, but there was little evidence of it on the ground: Russian soldiers continued digging in to positions along the highway approaching the capital, Tbilisi, s*howing no sign of pulling back* from the severest confrontation between Russia and the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union...
Russia's president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said his nation's forces would begin a withdrawal on Monday to comply with a six-point peace accord signed by both sides over the weekend...
But in Washington, Defense Department and military officials said there was no evidence of Russian forces' complying with pledges to pull back...
On the ground in Georgia, about 25 miles outside the capital along the main highway, the four Russian armored personnel carriers passed the Russian checkpoint at Igoeti and headed in the other direction, toward Tbilisi. Soldiers were piled on top, cradling Kalashnikov rifles.
As they drove by, one old man, Koba Gurnashvili, stepped into the road and yelled at them, "Where do you think you're going!" One of the soldiers yelled back, "To Tbilisi."
France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who brokered the deal, has clarified that it does not allow Russia to block the main highway, or for Russian soldiers to occupy the strategically important central city of Gori, astride the east-west highway; nonetheless, tanks were on the highway on Monday.
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