(28 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
Poti
1. Various of Poti port in the distance
2. Wide of flags at Russian base on outskirts of Poti
3. Wide of Russian soldiers standing on armoured vehicle
4. Tank covered by tent in Russian base
5. Wide of Russian soldier walking with weapon
6. Russian soldiers digging with armoured vehicle in background
7. Wide of armoured vehicle behind earth wall
8. Wide of Russian base from across river
Along Inguri River
9. Wide of checkpoint manned by Russian forces
10. Russian soldiers speaking to Georgian soldier before he is released
11. Released Georgian soldiers behind barbed wire fence
12. Russian troops wearing blue helmets of peacekeepers
13. Mid of Russian soldiers speaking to Georgian soldier
14. Wide of Georgian soldier walking away from Russian troops, being greeted by Georgian officials
15. Georgian soldier being greeted by Georgian officials
16. Released Georgian soldiers walking away from checkpoint
17. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Georgian soldier, no name given:
"We are all fine, thank God everything is fine now."
18. Various of released soldiers getting onto bus, bus departing
Tbilisi
19. Various of abandoned building on outskirts of Tbilisi, where displaced people have found shelter
20. Mid of displaced people with children standing in corridor
21. Close-up of young child sitting on floor
22. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) No name given, displaced person:
"Others were given beds and mattresses, we have none of it. Yesterday people brought us tables from their homes, and some other stuff."
23. Man burning food, UPSOUND (Georgian), "Our kids cannot eat it. They think we are soldiers. Look, it is burning, probably it is containing some chemicals."
24. View through door of classroom at Public school #51 that has been transformed into nursery
25. Mid of Madona Chigladze playing with newborn baby
26. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Madona Chigladze, displaced person:
"I think I can stay here for two weeks, not more. I cannot be separated from my husband for a longer period."
27. Close-up of newborn child
28. Wide displaced people in converted classroom
Tbilisi
29. Wide Tbilisi Sioni Church
30. Wide of people at church service
31. Mid of Georgian Patriarch Ilia II during service
32. Woman with candle
33. Wide of service
34. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Ilia II, Georgian Patriarch:
"We have to pray every day and ask God to return Abkhazia and South Ossetia back to us."
35. Various of Patriarch leaving church surrounded by congregation
STORYLINE:
Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under Russian control on Thursday after the short war that brought Moscow's military deep into Georgia.
The release along the Inguri River separating Abkhazia from Georgia proper was a small conciliatory gesture amid the high tensions and belligerent posturing of the weeks following the end of the fighting.
The soldiers, who were detained August 18 in the seaport of Poti, appeared unharmed and some were smiling.
Russian troops remain at checkpoints well into Georgia, saying that a ceasefire agreement allows them to occupy "security zones" outside Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
AP Television filmed Russian forces at an encampment near Poti on Thursday.
The conflict erupted three weeks ago when Georgian forces launched a massive barrage on South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, only to be quickly driven out by superior Russian firepower.
Russia on Tuesday recognised both regions as independent, a move denounced in Georgia and abroad.
One father complained about the MRE's or "Meals Ready to Eat" supplied by the US government.
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