Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country's forces will pull out of most of Russia warning over South Ossetia ...
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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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