Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

August 18th, 2008

Georgia awaits Russia withdrawal

Russia is expected to begin withdrawing troops from Georgia, following a pledge by President Dmitry Medvedev.
But Moscow has said it has the right to keep some troops as peacekeepers in a buffer zone around South Ossetia.
Mr Medvedev promised to abide by the terms of a ceasefire brokered to end a week of fighting [...]

June 28th, 2008

Germany v Spain

Spain striker David Villa has been ruled out of Sunday’s Euro 2008 final against Germany, the Spanish football federation has confirmed.
Villa, 26, injured a thigh muscle in Thursday’s semi-final win over Russia.
Spain had been hoping the forward would be able to play some part in the final in Vienna, but he was finally [...]