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Russians told to leave after Georgian president signs ceasefire
DEBKAfile Special Report
August 15, 2008, 7:06 PM (GMT+02:00)

Waiting for Moscow to order withdrawal
US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili announced the truce had been signed at a joint news conference in Tbilisi Friday, Aug. 15.
Rice: “Russia is now committed to the immediate and orderly withdrawal of its armed forces and the paratroops which entered Georgia with them.”
Russian president Dimitry Medvedev said after meeting German chancellor Angela Merkel that South Ossetia and Abkhazia would no longer fall under Georgian sovereignty.
The Georgian president signed the truce after receiving clarifications in a five-hour meeting with the US secretary. He said Russian troops control about one-third of his country.
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Tough exchange between Washington and Moscow
DEBKAfile Special Report
August 15, 2008, 6:06 PM (GMT+02:00)
US president George W. Bush accused Russia of “bullying and intimidation” conduct unacceptable in the 21st century. He said Russia’s invasion of Georgia had damaged its credibility, the US stands with the people of Georgia and and he called for the withdrawal of “invading forces from all Georgian territory.”
In Moscow, president Dimitry Medvedev said the deployment of US missiles in Poland is aimed against Russia, contradicting their avowed purpose of protecting Europe against Iranian missile threat. Under the US-Polish deal signed Thrusday, 10 interceptor missiles will be installed at a base on the Baltic coast in return for US aid to boost Polish air defenses.
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