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The Russian government will submit to President Vladimir Putin a draft agreement regulating the withdrawal of Russia\'s military bases from Georgian territory. The document envisions the withdrawal of the Russian bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki by the end of 2008, giving Russia until late 2006 to withdraw military hardware from the Akhalkalaki base. The Russian base in Akhalkalaki is to be closed down on December 31, 2007, at the latest.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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