Russia stages benevolent occupation of Georgia

Predictably, Russian troops are not leaving Georgia today as promised. Georgians, long urban folks rather than the previously tough mountaineers, are unable to stage a decent guerrilla warfare against unprotected Russians who set numerous checkpoints, control Georgian port of Poti, and systematically plunder Georgian arsenals upgraded by Israel.
The occupation so far goes well with locals whom the Russians unusually refrain from harassing.
The Russian presence in Georgia might be temporary or a first step in re-occupying the former tsarist/Soviet territorial possessions. Likely, Putin doesn’t know it yet and tests the Western reaction before making steps in either direction.