(18 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
Gori
1. Various of Russian tanks
2. Wide of delegation of Georgian officials taking humanitarian aid to Gori being inspected by Russian troops
3. Russian troops standing next to vehicle
5. Wide of tank
6. Various of media by side of road
Gori
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Lomaia, Head of Georgia's National Security Council:
"We'll see within half-an-hour if they keep their promises."
(Q) You're not optimistic
"Well, I'm just well informed enough."
(Q) What's happening now? What are these trucks?
"It's humanitarian aid heading towards Tbilisi. They're there. They haven't pulled out yet. But we'll see, they promised to start pulling out at 10 o'clock (0600 GMT) so we will have to wait see."
Gori
8 . Various of Russian troops moving
Tbilisi
9. Wide of Tbilisi's Freedom Square
10. Wide of street
11. Wide of newsstand
12. Mid of Georgian reservists
13. Man approaching newsstand
14. Man looking at newspapers
15. Close-up of newspaper headline reading: (Georgian) "Why Russians are burning down Georgia?"
16. Close-up of newspaper headlines
17. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Givi Sikharulidze, Tbilisi Resident:
"I think the Russians will pull out, but will damage Georgia strongly. Georgia will survive, but Russia has lost its credibility in the eyes of the world."
18. Wide of street
19. Close-up of Georgian flag
STORYLINE
Russian troops appeared to begin pulling out of the strategic central Georgian city of Gori on Monday, a sign of a looser Russian grip on the city, but there has been no official confirmation from either Moscow or Tblisi that a withdrawal is underway.
AP Television footage showed Russian troops manoeuvring on the outskirts of the city.
The Russian checkpoint at the entrance to Gori was less fortified than in previous days.
In the city, where buildings were blackened by fire from fighting or bombing, there was a light presence of Russian troops and a few tanks.
Alexander Lomaia, head of Georgia's National Security Council told reporters the Russian's hadn't pulled out yet.
"They're there. They haven't pulled out yet. But we'll see, they promised to start pulling out at 10 o'clock (0600GMT) so we will have to wait see," Lomaia said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised on Sunday to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions.
Top American officials said Washington would rethink its relationship with Moscow after its military drive deep into its much smaller neighbour and called for a swift Russian withdrawal.
Meanwhile US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was heading to Europe on Monday to talk with NATO allies about what message the West should send to Russia following its invasion of Georgia.
Rice said Russia could not use "disproportionate force" against Georgia and
still expect to be welcomed by international institutions.
She added that it was "not going to happen that way," and that Russia would "pay a price."
But neither Rice nor US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was being specific about what actions the US or the international community might take.
The dispute arose when Georgia hit the Russia-backed separatist region of South Ossetia with a massive barrage on 7 August.
Russia responded by sending troops far into the Caucasus Mountain nation, raising fears of a long-term occupation of a country at the centre of a power struggle between a resurgent Russia and the West.
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