An hour before Medvedev made his statement that the Russians were halting their military action this happened…

BRUSSELS, August 12 (Itar-Tass) – The United States has blocked a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on the situation in South Ossetia, Russia’s Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin told Itar-Tass.

“I regard this demarche of the US delegation as the unwillingness to hold a serious discussion on the causes and consequences of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia and as the American side’s unwillingness to answer in the presence of NATO countries’ delegation difficult questions about the degree of the US involvement in the preparation and development of these tragic events,” the official said.

The US apparently told the Russians that their claim’s about genocide and ethnic cleansing were not going to be listened to and diplomatically we aced one on them before they could “hold court” to sway world opinion” in Brussels.