Russian defense
chief: Georgia pullback finished
By MIKE ECKEL, AP
22/08/08 --
IGOETI, Georgia - Russia's defense chief says the military has
competed its withdrawal of forces from most of Georgian
territory. Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says the pullback
into separatist South Ossetia was finished in the late evening.
Russian authorities had promised that troops would withdraw to
Moscow-backed separatist regions and surrounding security zones
by the end of the day.
But U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United
States was not satisfied.
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