Despite Pullout, Russia Envisions Long-Term Shift
Aug 23rd, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: WorldThe military redeployment indicates that despite the French-brokered cease-fire framework that Russia accepted, it is striving to maintain considerable economic and military pressure on Georgia, a close ally of the United States. The ultimate goal, it seems, is the ouster of its pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili.