Georgian President Saakashvili signed a Sarkozy-brokered cease-fire agreement late Friday, accepting (under pressure from US Secretary of State Rice, who hand delivered the agreement) a Russian occupation of large portions of Georgia proper. The agreement reportedly gives Russia the right to patrol a 10km zone around South Ossetia. An explicit Russian recognition of Georgia's territorial integrity was removed from the final text.
Russian forces now occupy at least half the country, and have utterly destroyed Georgia's defense capability. Reports continue to indicate a large Russian military presence in the vicinity of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.
Georgia is about to be a much smaller country.
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