Western countries are pushing Russia to fulfil a promise to withdraw its troops from Georgia.
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UN report says Russia shot down Georgian spy plane ... begin at midday Monday but soldiers are reported to still be in holding position a half hour's drive north of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Western allies of Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, increased the pressure on Russia to act and showed their support for Georgia. French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote in Monday's edition of Le Figaro that Moscow withdraw without delay. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticised Moscow, saying Russia's international reputation was in tatters. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, assured Saakashvili on Sunday that NATO would still give the ex-Soviet republic membership.
(Deutsche Welle)
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