Comments on: Georgia: Russian Conditional Withdrawal Planned http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/09/09/georgia-russian-conditional-withdrawal-planned/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ani http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/09/09/georgia-russian-conditional-withdrawal-planned/#comment-9113 Ani Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:44:31 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=946#comment-9113 Hard to keep up these days: I was going to send a link about South Ossetia declaring that they were joining Russia... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4732541.ece Kremlin slaps down South Ossetia over claim it will join Russia Russia today slapped down its would-be satellite state of South Ossetia after the leader of the breakaway Georgian province claimed it would become part of the Russian Federation. No sooner had Eduard Kokoity, president of the tiny enclave, alarmed Western powers by announcing it sought to join Russia, than the Kremlin issued a strenous denial and forced him to reverse his statement. [...] Hard to keep up these days: I was going to send a link about South Ossetia declaring that they were joining Russia…

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4732541.ece

Kremlin slaps down South Ossetia over claim it will join Russia

Russia today slapped down its would-be satellite state of South Ossetia after the leader of the breakaway Georgian province claimed it would become part of the Russian Federation.

No sooner had Eduard Kokoity, president of the tiny enclave, alarmed Western powers by announcing it sought to join Russia, than the Kremlin issued a strenous denial and forced him to reverse his statement.
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]]> By: Ani http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/09/09/georgia-russian-conditional-withdrawal-planned/#comment-9096 Ani Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:11:57 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=946#comment-9096 Guess they're withdrawing, but they're not going back to Russia: http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080909/ap_on_re_eu/russia_georgia Russia to keep 7,600 troops in 2 Georgia regions By DAVID NOWAK, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW – Russia will station nearly 8,000 troops in two breakaway Georgian provinces, officials said Tuesday, announcing an imposing long-term presence less than a day after agreeing to pull forces back from areas surrounding the provinces. Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told President Dmitry Medvedev about 3,800 troops will each be based in South Ossetia and in Abkhazia — a far larger presence than before last month's war with Georgia. [....] ------- Apparently, this was another one of those "gray areas" in Sarkozy's peace plan proposal... Guess they’re withdrawing, but they’re not going back to Russia:

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080909/ap_on_re_eu/russia_georgia

Russia to keep 7,600 troops in 2 Georgia regions
By DAVID NOWAK, Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – Russia will station nearly 8,000 troops in two breakaway Georgian provinces, officials said Tuesday, announcing an imposing long-term presence less than a day after agreeing to pull forces back from areas surrounding the provinces.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told President Dmitry Medvedev about 3,800 troops will each be based in South Ossetia and in Abkhazia — a far larger presence than before last month’s war with Georgia.

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Apparently, this was another one of those “gray areas” in Sarkozy’s peace plan proposal…

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