Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a French-brokered peace plan to end hostilities in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia. The ceasefire deal was signed by the Georgian President on Friday — although Russia’s Foreign Minister says there are slight differences between the two versions.
Russia will pull out troops on Monday – Medvedev
Russia will begin withdrawing its army from the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone on Monday, according to President Dmitry Medvedev. It means troops will return to the positions they held before the outbreak of fighting.
Obama & McCain about Georgian conflict
The U.S. presidential candidates have been weighing in with their opinion of the conflict in Georgia. While Barack Obama and John McCain disagree on almost everything else, they seem to have found common ground in the Caucasus. But the U.S. electorate is not universally convinced.
Shevardnadze on Saakashvili’s ‘big mistake’
In an exclusive interview with RT, Georgia’s first president after the collapse of communism, Eduard Shevardnadze, said it was ‘a big mistake’ by Mikhail Saakashvili to send Georgian troops into South Ossetia.
see
Commonsense and the Russo-Georgian War By Timothy V. Gatto
Margolis: It’s like August, 1914 – US missile deal enrages Russia
Putin’s Winning Hand By Mike Whitney + video
This is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression
Russia-Georgia conflict is over control of oil
All the Propaganda That’s Fit to Print: The New York Times, Again, Tells It Like It Ain’t
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On moday, Aug 17th, “I’ll give you 10 to 1 that they never pull out.” As of now, rather than pulling out, they have set up a “security buffer zone” manned only by Russian troops that covers half of Georgia. I really hate it when I am always right
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“Russia’s Foreign Minister says there are slight differences between the two versions” The version the Russians signed means Georgia becomes a Russian controlled Soviet bloc nation again. Russia says it will pull out on monday. I’ll give you 10 to 1 that they never pull out. But I do like how some of your other posts blame this on the United States and on oil. God bless the communist that always backs fellow communists