Русская версияRussia's parliament is to hold an extraordinary session next week
to vote on recognising the independence of Georgia's separatist
regions.
A resolution in favour of recognising South Ossetia and
Abkhazia would not be binding for the Kremlin, but would send a
strong signal of Russian intentions. The two provinces broke from
Georgia in the early 1990s and have run themselves since. The
parliament of Abkhazia has reportedly already voted to petition
Moscow to accept its independence. There is still no evidence of a
large-scale Russian withdrawal from Georgia. A spokesperson for
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the situation "very
unsatisfactory". Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his
country's forces will pull out of most of Georgia by the weekend.
However, a Russian military official said troops would maintain a
buffer zone around Georgia's breakaway regions.
(Deutsche Welle)
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