Russian President Medvedev meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sochi

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev listens to questions during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel following their meeting in presidential residence in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 15, 2008. Merkel urged Russian troops to withdraw from Georgia, calling some of the military action there 'disproportionate. (UPI Photo/Alex Volgin)