Russia has stopped its military invasion.
Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov called earlier for president Saakashvili to step down. French president Nicolas Sarkozy declared, after his meeting with Medvedev, that he finds it "justifiable" for Russia to defend the rights of Russian citizens abroad.
Now president Medvedev says Georgia should be "demilitarized". And these are just the conditions made public.
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday a full settlement of the military conflict with Georgia was subject to two conditions, includingGeorgia moving its troops to pre-conflict positions.
"We can discuss the question of a definitive settlement if two conditions are met," Medvedev said before meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
"First, Georgian troops should return to their initialposition and be partly demilitarised. Second, we need to sign abinding agreement on non-use of force."
But other consequences we can think of are obviously a brutal regime change, an end to Georgia’s NATO aspirations and Europe being cut off from the Caspian oil and gas reserves. Also, a much stronger Russia when dealing with European countries. Already Italy, Belgium and now France are caving in to Russia, condemning the "anti-Russian" stance in Europe.
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