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Russian troops leave Georgia

posted by zaina19 on December, 2008 as Imperialism


From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 11/16/2007 10:40 AM
Russian troops leave Georgia
Publication time: 15 November 2007, 08:01
Russia says it has completed pulling out its troops from Russia, leaving only "peacekeepers" behind.

The move comes as Georgia is set to lift its week-long state of emergency after police broke up protests in the capital, Tbilisi, according to its parliamentary speaker.

Nino Burjanadze announced that the emergency rule, imposed after alleged Russian interference in Georgian politics, would be lifted on Friday "on all the country's territory".

The presence of Russian troops - based in Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union - had been a constant irritant between the two countries.

Early on Thursday, General Alexei Maslov, a top Russian military official, confirmed that Russia was pulling out its troops from Georgia.

"There are no more Russian troops in Georgia, there remain only peacekeepers... in Abkhazia, and those that are part of the combined forces in South Ossetia with the participation of Georgia," the RIA-Novosti quoted him as saying.

His aide, Colonel Igor Konashenkov, said the final convoy of troops and equipment based in Batumi in southwest Georgia had already crossed into Armenia to set up base in the northern town of Gyumri.

Russia pulled out its troops from the Akhalkalaki base in June following increased scrutiny and criticism of its activities in Georgia.

Emergency to be lifted

Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia's president, imposed emergency rule after police crushed street protests and raided an opposition television station last week.

He accused Russia of staging the protests in an attempt to overthrow his government.

Facing a barrage of complaints that he was cracking down on democratic freedoms, Saakashvili last week set a snap presidential election for January 5 in a move aimed at defusing the tension with the opposition.
Saakashvili defended the emergency rule this week, saying that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had threatened to divide the nation permanently along ethnic lines.

Source: Agencies

Kavkaz Center

http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/11/15/9081.shtml


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