Georgia blocks broadcasts by Russian language TV station

[Francis Hult]

RIA Novosti

 

Georgia blocks broadcasts by Russian language TV station

 

Georgia has barred broadcasts by the Russian-language RTVi television channel, a Russian radio station said on Tuesday. 

 

Ekho Moskvy said that RTVi, which broadcast its programs in Georgia, 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 Russia over breakaway South Ossetia. 

 

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