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Article: Russians hail Georgia deal as big win.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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Byline: Fred Weir Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Moscow -- Russian experts are hailing this week's new deal to withdraw Russian troops from Georgia as a big diplomatic win for fledgling Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev.
Under the deal, hammered out between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Medvedev, and later affirmed by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Russian forces will decamp from their "observation posts" inside Georgia within a month, to be replaced by up to 200 observers from the European Union, who are due to arrive by Oct. 1.
Mr. Sarkozy, who holds the EU's revolving presidency, brought Medvedev a ...