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Aug 22, 2008 10:30 AM CDT

Russian Troops Leave Gori

Georgian officials say pullout really happening

(Newser) - Russian troops are finally leaving Gori, Georgian officials said today, with Russia promising that by tomorrow all Russian ground forces would be confined to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia intends to keep more than 2,000 troops stationed in the breakaway regions, which Georgia decries as unlawful “annexation.”...

West Worries as Russia Digs In

Aug 19, 2008 4:17 AM CDT

West Worries as Russia Digs In

Troops seen reinforcing positions in Georgia despite pullback agreement

(Newser) - Russian forces appear to be hunkering down rather than beginning their promised withdrawal from Georgian territory, the New York Times reports. Troops are digging in along the highway to Tbilisi and military vehicles are moving in both directions, alarming the West, according to Reuters. Pentagon officials say they have seen...

Russian Troops Remain
in Georgia

Aug 14, 2008 9:20 AM CDT

Russian Troops Remain in Georgia

Medvedev backs seperatist regions

(Newser) - Russian troops are still occupying the Georgian city of Gori, and other cities beyond the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, as President Dmitri Medvedev declared today that his nation will stand behind the breakaway regions’ independence bids, CNN reports. Russia says will keep tanks in Gori for up to 3...

Peace Deal Opened Door
to Russian Advance

ANALYSIS

Aug 14, 2008 4:22 AM CDT

Peace Deal Opened Door to Russian Advance

Russian 'peacekeepers' given wide latitude in new pact

(Newser) - A Russian convoy was headed deeper into Georgia within hours of a new peace deal thanks to a big loophole in the agreement, Andrew E. Kramer writes in the New York Times. The deal brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy allows Russian peacekeepers to implement unspecified "additional security measures,...

Bush Sends Aid, Rice to Georgia

Aug 13, 2008 2:53 PM CDT

Bush Sends Aid, Rice to Georgia

Role of Russian military in Georgia unclear

(Newser) - President Bush announced that the US would send humanitarian aid into Georgia today as hostilities threatened to overwhelm the fragile peace agreement, the New York Times reports. In announcing that he was dispatching Condoleezza Rice to mediate the dispute, Bush said that the US “stands with the democratically elected...

Russians, Looters
Advance on Georgia

Aug 13, 2008 6:31 AM CDT

Russians, Looters Advance on Georgia

Reports suggest seige of Gori, despite ceasefire agreement

(Newser) - Georgians claimed that Russian tanks advanced from South Ossetia into the city of Gori today, despite a ceasefire brokered by the EU yesterday. Villages were being burned and looted, eyewitnesses told the Guardian. Though the Russian army denied any advance, tanks appeared to be targeting Georgian military sites, followed...

Russians Cut Georgia in Half

Aug 11, 2008 5:08 PM CDT

Russians Cut Georgia in Half

Georgian civilians flee from warplanes

(Newser) - Russian forces seized several towns and a military base deep in western Georgia today and captured the main east-west highway near Gori, effectively cutting the country in half, Georgia's president said. Fighting also raged around Tskhinvali, the capital of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes launched new air...