Rusia claims pullout is complete

KURSK/GORI (Reuters) - Moscow said it had begun a military pullback from Georgia on Monday and President Dmitry Medvedev promised a "crushing response" to any future attack on Russian citizens.

Moscow says it has completed its troop pullout from Georgia, adding that it had complied with a French-brokered ceasefire deal. The Russian defence ministry also said in a statement on Friday that troops manning peacekeeping checkpoints - who will remain inside Georgia after the pullout - had begun carrying out their duties. Georgian officials deny Russia has pulled out of its territory. The US and France also say Russia is "not in compliance" with the Georgia...