On Friday night Russia declared its withdrawal complete and said it was in full compliance with a cease-fire agreement, but the United States and France immediately voiced strong objections, saying Russia had not gone far enough.

President Bush and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France agreed that "Russia is not in compliance and that Russia needs to come into compliance now," Gordon Johndroe, the White House spokesman, told reporters.

Russian units said they had orders to fall back only as far as South Ossetia, and some platoons were still dug in near roads outside Gori,

A senior Russian official said the Russian military checkpoints ringing South Ossetia would be permanent.

While Russia seemed to show good faith in pulling back from Georgian territory as it defines it and quitting the main cities it had occupied, the latest movements mean Georgia

will likely face a

Russian presence that includes the two disputed enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and control of the country’s main roads.