This thing ain't over

Russian troops have affectively set up a semi-permanent occupation of the country... stranglehold would be a better way to define it. They will have roadblocks on the major transit routes (at Poti and Senaki), and will therefore hold the keys to oil, train, and road traffic and supply. This on top of their control of the gas flow in Georgia, not to mention the economic embargo on important Georgian exports wine and mineral water (effective since April 2006). Thanks neighbors!

Staying in Georgia is a blatant violation of the cease-fire treaty signed with the EU last week. For details, see this blurb in www.civil.ge: