TODAY: Medvedev agrees troop pullout with Sarkozy, Russia to formally establish diplomatic relations with breakaway regions; Georgian conflict causes split in Ukraine’s government; what is the relationship between Nato and Russia? South Park deemed “extremist”. Following a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to pull Russian troops from Georgian territory outside of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Checkpoints around the port of Poti will also be dismantled. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has “cautiously welcomed” the move. Meanwhile, Russia will formally establish diplomatic relations with the two breakaway regions today. This report says that Russia has been denying aid to Georgian villages. The lawyer representing Georgia in its human rights case against Russia in the International Court of Justice said a distinction should be drawn between destruction resulting from the fighting and a systematic campaign against ethnic Georgian civilians. A dispute over Russia’s actions in Georgia has caused a split between Ukraine’s president and prime minister, with the former accusing the latter of treason.