Georgia denies foreign reporters entry into S. Ossetia
Tshinval/Agency Caucasus – The administration of seeks to isolate ‘separatist’ regions from reporters after recent debates over Kosovo’s chances of getting international recognition brought about a worldwide series of discussion about the chances for already ‘de facto’ independent countries to get full recognition.
The administration in Tshinval, capital of South Ossetia, accused the Georgian government of imposing a blockade of information on
South Ossetia
by denying foreign reporters access to the country. ‘s security forces did not allow Armenian and Norwegian reporters to enter South Ossetia, according to a statement released from
South Ossetia
‘s Committee of Press and Information. Internews , a group of reporters who came from Yeravan, capital of , would shoot a documentary film about what can be classified as the post-Soviet trouble unless the Georgian administration disallowed them. Ragnad Skri, a Norwegian reporter, was also disallowed by Georgian authorities from entering
South Ossetia
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