Russians Withdrawing

Many Russian troops are beginning to pull back from temporary bases near the Black Sea port of Poti. The Russians are honoring their ceasefire deal with a partial pullout from Western Georgia. However, Georgia, like other western nations, are asking for a full pull out to positions held before the war, which broke out a month ago, due to conflicts with Georgia and breakaway province South Ossentia. "They have fulfilled the commitment" to withdraw from the area by Sept. 15 under an agreement European Union leaders reached with Russia last week, Georgian Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia said*. The Russians still have about 1,200 Russian servicemen are still at 19 different checkpoints, with 12 outside South Ossentia and seven outside Abkhazia. Russia said it would pull them out by Oct. 11 as long as 200 European Union observers are deployed to strips of territory surrounding the two separatist regions by Oct. 1.*

*Taken off Yahoo!