VOA NEWS: PROTESTERS DEMAND RUSSIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA'S BLACK SEA PORT
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city.
They chanted "Russians Go Home" to protest checkpoints set up by Russian troops in armored personnel carriers. No direct confrontation was reported.
Moscow says it has fulfilled terms of a French-brokered peace deal with Tbilisi. . . .
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city.
They chanted "Russians Go Home" to protest checkpoints set up by Russian troops in armored personnel carriers. No direct confrontation was reported.
Moscow says it has fulfilled terms of a French-brokered peace deal with Tbilisi. . . .