Russia to withdraw from Georgia
Published:Sunday | August 17, 2008 | 2:39 PM
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said his forces will begin withdrawing from Georgia tomorrow.
Mr Medvedev made the pledge in a telephone call to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who brokered a Russian-Georgian ceasefire agreement.
Earlier, the Russian commander of frontline forces in Georgia told the BBC a gradual withdrawal of Russian forces from there was under way.
Russian troops went into Georgia after fighting erupted over South Ossetia.
