Satellite-Tv Service Bowed to Moscow, Georgia Says ; French Outlet Defends Channel Reassignment
The Washington Times › February 03, 2010
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The Republic of Georgia is charging a Paris-based satellite provider with caving in to Russian pressure after the company blocked a Georgia-based Russian-language station from broadcasting into the Caucasus region.
"After eliminating most of the Russian-language independent media inside its borders, Russia's attempt to silence the first Caucasian channel in collaboration with the state-owned French firm represents an alarming precedent of international political censorship," Georgia's ambassador to Washington, Batu Kutelia, said in an interview with The Washington Times.See the full content of this document
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Satellite-Tv Service Bowed to Moscow, Georgia Says ; French Outlet Defends Channel Reassignment
On Monday, Georgia's public-television corporation brought a suit against Eutelsat, the Paris-based satellite provider that kicked the Russian-language news channel First Caucasian off the air on Jan. 15. The cas...
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