Russia sends mixed message on withdrawal

August 17, 2008 – 7:18 pm

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tells his French counterpart he will start pulling back forces from Georgia on Monday. However, lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, says Moscow will withdraw only when it is “assured that Georgians will not continue to use military force.”


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