Georgia Cuts Access to Russian Web Sites, TV news
Reuters reports Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with Moscow.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry said the action was not anti-democratic, but Russian broadcasts could not be allowed to “scare our population”.
A war over the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia has unleashed high emotion in Russia and Georgia, reflected in coverage on both state and private channels.
“People from the (Georgian) security agencies asked me to block Russian sites,” Mamia Sanadiradze, founder and CEO of the biggest Georgian internet service provider, Caucasus Online, told Reuters.
“There
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