Russian forces secured a buffer around South Ossetia and Abkhazia and didn’t go further then that. The long term solution should be up left up to the current negotiating process, I don’t know what the outcome will be but I believe there is scope for an agreement. Actions speak louder then words. If Medvedev or Putin wanted, they could have easily gone all the way to the capital of Georgia and ask questions later. But they didn’t because Medvedev and Putin do not have those type of ambitions, its bad for their oil business.