Iako Rusija jest zadnjih dana povukla veliki dio svojih snaga iz uže Gruzije, ona još uvijek drži na stotine vojnika u velikoj tampon-zoni oko Abhazije i Južne Osetije i u gruzijskom crnomorskom lučkom gradu Poti.
While Russia has pulled the bulk of its forces from Georgia proper in recent days, it is still keeping hundreds of troops in a large buffer zone around Abkhazia and South Ossetia and at the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti.