By Mary Dejevsky You probably think that, at least from Moscow's perspective, big bad Russia won its small war with plucky little Georgia. You may even believe - plenty do - that Russia is now licking its chops, as it surveys the possibilities beyond its other borders. You would be wrong.

By Bela Szandelszky Associated Press POTI, Georgia -- Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area.

MOSCOW. Aug 23 (Interfax) - Russian peacekeepers will control the situation in the Georgian port city of Poti in line with the six- principle agreement, said Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, a deputy chief of staff of the Russian armed forces.

Russia sent its troops home from Georgia Friday after temporarily breaking an accord with NATO, a military spokesman said. Russian Col. Gen.

By Anne Penketh Poland and the United States risked igniting a new missile crisis with Russia as their foreign ministers signed a deal yesterday to station part of a US defence shield, manned by American soldiers, on Polish soil, 115 miles from the Russian border.