Russia Troop withdrawal in its ‘final phase’
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“Russian troops are in full compliance with international agreements,” Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn told reporters at his daily briefing Friday.

He confirmed that Russia’s military had suspended cooperation with NATO because of the rift over its actions in Georgia.

“Yes, we refrain from the exercises, but it is only a response,” Nogovitsyn said. “It is not the Russian side that provoked it.”

He also questioned why ships from NATO nations had sailed into the Black Sea in recent days. He said German and Spanish ships were now there