No western cameras in South Ossetia
Published: 09 August, 2008, 23:30
The conflict over Georgia’s breakaway republic is as much about information as it is about weapons. South Ossetia's press service claims Western media outlets can't be trusted because they haven't been operating in the region “since the conflict beg
“Only the Russian media and one Ukrainian channel have been filming in the breakaway republic. No western camera crews have been working in the conflict zone,” Suslan Bekoev, South Ossetian committee for information and press, said.
09.08.2008, 22:32
Georgia-South Ossetia conflict affects neighbouring countriesThe situation in South Ossetia is affecting neighbouring countries, according to reports from the Armenian-Georgian border. |
10.08.2008, 00:05
Third UN war meeting ends in failureFor the third time the UN Security Council has failed to make a decision over the conflict in South Ossetia. The Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said he believed the delay was partly responsible for the escalation of violence in the region. |
