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Russia defies George Bush, says they will keep forces in breakaway provinces; France tries to save Georgian capital from Russian military run over through peace plan
US President George Bush’s warning had no effects on the Russian movements in Georgia. Russia's president says that Russian peacekeepers will stay in Georgia's breakaway provinces.
America finds itself helpless with little support from the international community after what it has done in Iraq. Bush Administration is now eager to take the help of the Europeans to accomplish a face saving ceasefire in Georgia.
Moscow has peacekeepers deployed to both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but Georgia says they back separatists there.
France is eager to achieve a ceasefire that will satisfy both the Russians and the Georgians. Russia has indicated that the breakaway provinces may become part of Russia as the final solution to the whole problem.
Russia's president has agreed to a proposal calling for both Russian and Georgian troops to move back to their initial positions and stop fighting.
Georgia has not yet agreed to the plan, which also calls for the beginning of international discussion on future status of Georgia's breakaway provinces and ways to ensure their security.
The plan endorsed by Dmitry Medvedev and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy demands that the parties ensure the free access for humanitarian assistance.
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