EU monitors in post-war Georgia plan to start patrols outside Russia-controlled security "buffer zones" on Wednesday (1 October), but to gradually fan out into the areas as Russian soldiers leave over the next 10 days.
The buffer zones - set up by Russia after the brief war in August - stretch for about 7 km from the edge of rebel enclaves Abkhazia and South Ossetia into Georgia proper and host some 800 Russian troops spread out in 18 security checkpoints as well as unknown numbers of ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.