Ran Jak Diary

Biden and Saakashvili

There they were again today, Biden and Saakashvili, the scariest wacko duo of our times, promising the moon and the stars to Georgia, even if they threaten international stability in the process.

Georgia snuffs out media freedoms

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The US and some European countries keep telling the world they support Georgia because it is a western-style democracy. Interesting. In fact, very interesting.

There was an opposition television station in Georgia until last November, when it was shut down by the Georgia Interior Ministry. Government officials entered the station's studios at gunpoint and smashed some of its equipment, Reuters reports.

Human rights organizations have condemned president Saakashvili for denying media access to  opposition voices in the country.

Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with Moscow. Georgia's Interior Ministry claimed the action was not anti-democratic.