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Aug 13, 2008 7:00 pm US/Eastern

Georgia: Russians Pulling Out Of Gori

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Russian troops drive out from Gori on Aug. 13, 2008 on the road leading to Tbilisi.
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Georgia's Interior Ministry says Russian troops have begun pulling out of the city of Gori, where their presence raised fears that Russia would challenge a cease-fire agreement.

Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said Thursday that Russian troops have also left Poti, a Black Sea port city with an oil terminal that is a key part of Georgia's fragile economic health.

Russian troops entered Gori on Wednesday. The city is about 15 miles south of South Ossetia, the separatist Georgian region where Russian and Georgian forces fought a brutal five-day battle.

The entry into Gori came hours after both sides signed a cease-fire agreement that called for their forces to be pulled back to the positions they held before the fighting started a week ago.