(21 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
Senaki outskirts
1. Various of Russian troop convoy travelling in Senaki outskirts
2. Wide travelling shot of convoy on road
Chkhorotsku, near Senaki
3. Travelling of locals watching as Russian troop convoy enters city
4. Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) going past statue
5. Locals watching
6. Close of woman holding child
7. Russian soldiers in city, walking on road
8. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Saimon Ahalaia, Local resident:
"Their behaviour is not according to the rules. They are not doing anything according to the agreement between the two countries. Georgian people just want them to leave the country right now. In history of Georgia with the Russians, in the past the same thing happened the same they say one thing and do another. In this moment it seams like they don't want to leave."
9. Man watching Russian convoy passing on road
10. Soldiers atop APC
11. Soldiers standing by APC
12. Locals on road with Russian convoy parked on side of road
Bank of the river Rioni, at the edge of Poti city
13. Wide of Russian troops positioned at the bank of river Rioni with troops digging trenches
14. Wide of Russian military vehicles positioned by the river Rioni
15. Russian troops driving APCs
16. Mid of Russian troops in APC
17. Armed Russian troop walking
18. New mortar position at the edge of Poti city
19. Russian armed troops gathering
20. Mid of Russian troops next to APC
21. Russian troops talking, one from inside a trench and another standing outside
22. Mid of Russian troops and APCs
STORYLINE
While the Russian military presence appeared to have diminished in the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, Russian positions closer to Tbilisi and elsewhere in Georgia remained.
AP Television crew filmed a convoy travelling through the outskirts of Senaki and into the small town of Chkhorotsku in the central-western part of the country.
Some of the soldiers wore blue helmets suggesting they might be part of Russia's peacekeeping force.
Moscow deployed what it says are peacekeepers in South Ossetia in the wake of the 1992 separatist war, in which the province declared de-facto independence from Georgia.
AP Television filmed the Russian convoy, which included seven armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and five trucks, travelling on minor roads around Senaki, a town near the port city of Poti.
They were then seen entering the nearby small town of Chkhorotsku, to the surprise of the local population.
"Their behaviour is not according to the rules. They are not doing anything according to the agreement between the two countries," said local resident, Saimon Ahalaia.
Locals told AP Television they had seen a small Russian convoy pass through just a day earlier.
Russian troops were also seen on Wednesday at the bank of the river Rioni, at the edge of Black Sea port city of Poti.
The troops were filmed by AP Television digging trenches and creating mortar positions and defensive lines.
The troops are positioned at what's thought to be a key entry point of the Poti city, and its main bridge.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said his troops will complete their pullback by Friday, but few signs of movement have been seen other than the departure of the contingent in Gori, and tensions remain high.
On Wednesday a top Russian general said Russia plans to construct nearly twenty checkpoints to be manned by hundreds of soldiers in the so-called "security zone" around the border with South Ossetia.
Later in the day Norway's Defence Ministry said it had been informed by Russia it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO.
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