The Russian occupation of the Georgian city of Gori appeared to be more entrenched today, despite claims by President Medvedev that his troops were planning to withdraw. As international pressure increased on Mr Medvedev to implement a French-brokered ceasefire pledge which he and Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili signed last week, the Kremlin declared today that Russian forces would start pulling back from the occupied territory tomorrow. More
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