Georgia: Russian soldiers 'changing hats' to become peacekeepers

TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) - Russian troops have begun a modest withdrawal from Georgia, but the Russians are "just changing hats" to make themselves look like peacekeepers, Georgia's Interior Ministry said Friday.

Russia says its remaining forces are peacekeepers who will have pulled back into buffer zones outside two breakaway Georgian provinces, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, by late Friday.

Russia also accused Georgia of violating a cease-fire, partly by conducting operations into South Ossetia earlier this week. Georgia denied the accusation. Under the cease-fire agreement last weekend, the two sides agreed to establish peacekeeper buffer zones. But both sides are at odds over buffer zones, and how far they would extend into Georgia from the provinces' boundaries.