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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">RIA Novosti</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region> blocks broadcasts by Russian language TV station</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region> has barred broadcasts by the Russian-language RTVi television channel, a Russian radio station said on Tuesday. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Ekho Moskvy said that RTVi, which broadcast its programs in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region>, was banned after it broadcast an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during which the minister criticized the actions of the Georgian leadership in its recent conflict with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> over breakaway <st1:place w:st="on">South Ossetia</st1:place>. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080819/116124384.html</P><A href="http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405154109"></A></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>