Russian media suppressed in Georgia

With fighting in South Ossetia continuing, people in Georgia aren't being shown all the pieces of the puzzle. All Russian TV channels have been taken off air across the country and some internet sites have been blocked. Russian journalists have been harassed and their materials seized.

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News & Politics

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• South
• Ossetia
• Georgia
• military
• conflict
• war
• refugees
• violence
• Russia
• peacekeepers

[bigbraza]

On CNN's Quick vote now is shut down

because of a results:

Do you think Russia's actions in Georgia are justified?

Yes, it's peacekeeping 92%

No, it's an invasion 8%

[spetznas1980]

free press in america,

the joke number ONE

xDD

[throwanade]

Everything I said was true. However, there is always more to the story.

If you have something informative to say don't just say "wake up" and call my comments stupid.

I'm sure the refugees that fled are thankful for Russia's intervention so I'm sure some could consider them a "savior".

It is a shame that Georgian people have to suffer from Russian economic sanctions.

[unmarkedX]

I really don't know enough about corruption,

So I cannot seriously speculate on that

But there is a commonsensical point I think can be made

Russian living standards are undoubtedly improving

So either corruption HAS come down (which I agree is probably doubtful)

Or corruption relative to the productivity of the economy has come down! (which still constitutes an improvement over the previous regime)

[unmarkedX]

I seriously doubt that US herself can just walk away from international trade The name of the game is 'interdependency' rather than dependency I am afraid

[unmarkedX]

And anyway that was not my main point, which was

That oil dependency is (AT LEAST) as plausible a reason for US confrontation with Russia as it is for 'appeasement'

Could the US industry survive without Chinese manufacturing and loans?

Could the US preserve it's productivity and quality of life without foreign fuel (now, not 50 years from now and after spending trillions on RnD)?

[unmarkedX]

A consumer that has a privileged relationship with other suppliers and importantly has positioned himself as an intermediary for supply to other consumers , is set to do very well out of a situation like that

[unmarkedX]

Well again not really

The market is theoretically global but practically it is not

Countries have preferential relationships in their exchanges

And companies own reserves and pipelines on foreign soil

So selective dependencies do exist

In any market, the demise or the limitation of a supplier, is not by definition bad news for every consumer

[unmarkedX]

alleviate their situation have come from continental western Europeans ONLY (not the US, eastern Europeans or the Brits)

By a strange coincidence, the very same nations that are actually (unlike the US) 'dependent' on Russian fuel

BTW, since you have so widespread and unbiased sensitivities

You might want to look into Bosnian Serbs in Bosnia

[unmarkedX]

OK ,OK

Please disregard my questioning how genuine your stance is

Nonetheless, I am certainly not wrong on the basis of this example regarding how all major players in international affairs employ double standard's routinely

The amount of attention Russians in Estonia have been getting in US and European media and diplomatic circles is very much consistent with my outlook

Second, the attempts that have been made to

[Manolis090]

Western media want to introduce Russians as descendants of Stalin and a new cold war. This is bullshit. Trust me, they don't came clean on that and I tell you I speak of nones side.

[semiliteratedgod]

again, you didn't get it. What I meant is roughly: OTHERS MAY NOT GIVE A FUCK, BUT I MAY STILL BE INTERESTED IN GEORGIANS PEOPLE WELLBEING ... regardless of pipelines ...

The tendency itself is frightening. Estonia is a NATO member, without oil, but with a problematic (I would say abused) Russian minority. In a case of a similar scenario everybody must get involved ... that's why people will care about Moldavia too, even though it doesn't have oil! So you're wrong.