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Russian parliamentarian slams Georgian TV hoax
| Mar 15, 2010 14:37 Moscow Time |
The “Imedi” Georgian TV channel broadcast simulating Russia’s invasion of Georgia is a provocation by the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili regime, says the Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev. On Saturday the “Imedi” TV channel caused panic throughout Georgia by broadcasting its “Special Report” programme. “Imedi” did warn that it was showing a scenario for likely developments if Georgian society fails to unite itself against Russia’s plans, but used its usual caption card for the news, which on Saturday was about the “invasion” and the “assassination of President Mikhail Saakashvili”. I am perfectly certain, Kosachev said as he appeared live on Russian Television One, that it is the ruling regime of Saakashvili that’s behind the provocation. Kosachev said that in the past “Imedi” was in opposition to the Georgian President, but is now under Saakashvili’s control. Kosachev believes that the Georgian authorities are whipping up tension around Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia similarly to the way they did in the first half of 2008, prior to Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia’s capital city of Tskhinval. The scenario they are using now is absolutely the same, the Russian MP said, adding that it was a primitive game. We will invariably call the international community’s attention to the provocation, Kosachev said. In August 2008 Georgia invaded South Ossetia, killing hundreds of civilians. After Russia repelled Georgia’s aggression, it recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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