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Fake Report Of Russian Invasion Sparks Anger In Georgia

Source country globalsecurity Monday, March 15, 2010 4:10:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[2]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Orson Welles[1]; Irakli Alasania[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Nino Burdzhanadze said: "I can't imagine any normal country where things like that could be possible, where somebody could call you a traitor or an agent of another country without any response," "And I am more than sure that Georgian people will make a choice for stability, for unity of the country, for democracy. And for that we need to change this criminal, irresponsible government"

Georgians reacted with fear and in some cases panic to a mock television report that sparked panic by claiming that invading Russian tanks had crossed the border heading for Tbilisi, and that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was dead....

Fake report on Russian invasion

Source country NewsJang-en Monday, March 15, 2010 1:46:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

Quotes in this article

Mikhail Saakashvili said: “It was indeed a very unpleasant programme but the most unpleasant thing is that it is extremely close to what can happen and to what Georgia’s enemy has conceived,”

TBILISI: Outraged Georgians on Sunday slammed a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a faked report announcing that Russia had...

Fake tale of Russian 'invasion' enrages Georgian opposition

Source country TheScotsman Monday, March 15, 2010 1:42:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

GEORGIA'S opposition has accused the government of being behind a fake prime-time news report that Russian tanks had entered the capital at the call of the opposition, cau...

Georgia Panics After Fake Report About Russian Invasion

Source country chosun Monday, March 15, 2010 1:15:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

The opposition in Georgia has condemned a fake television report about the invasion of the former Soviet Republic by forces from neighboring Russia. Georgia President Mikheil Saakhasvili has defended the report, following widespread panic caused by the broadcast....

Outrage in Georgia over ‘Russian invasion’ report

Source country dailytimesPK Monday, March 15, 2010 1:02:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Mikhail Saakashvili said: “It was indeed a very unpleasant programme but the most unpleasant thing is that it is extremely close to what can happen and to what Georgia’s enemy has conceived,”

TBILISI: Outraged Georgians on Sunday slammed a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a faked report announcing that Russia had launched an invasion and the country’s president was dead. The Georgian opposition condemned the newscast as a state-sponsored stunt aimed at.......

Panic as 'Russia invades, president killed'

Source country NEWScomAU Monday, March 15, 2010 12:09:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

PANIC gripped Georgia on Saturday when a pro-government television station broadcast a fake report that Russian tanks had entered the capital and President Mikheil Saakashvili had been killed....

Georgia accused of approving Russian invasion hoax

Source country abc-au Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:20:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

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Nino Burdzhanadze said: "This government's treatment of its own people is outrageous,"

The opposition party in Georgia has accused the government of being behind a fake news report showing Russian tanks had entered the capital....

Outrage over faked Russian invasion

Source country australianetworknews Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:07:00 PM CET [other]

Emma Alberici, Europe correspondent Last Updated: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:04:00 +1100 The opposition party in Georgia has accused the Government of being behind a fake news report showing Russian tanks had entered the capital. There was widespread panic across Georgia with emergency services receiving.......

Fake TV news report causes a panic in Georgia

Source country heraldscotland Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:06:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

Georgia’s Opposition accused the government yesterday of being behind a fake primetime news report that Russian tanks had entered the capital at the call of the opposition, causing...

Fake invasion news panics Georgia

Source country bbc Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:58:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Giorgi Arveladze[1];

Other categories: Security;

Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report said Russian tanks had invaded and the president was dead....

Georgia outrage over 'invasion' report

Source country smh Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:30:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Rogozin[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

Outraged Georgians have slammed a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a faked report announcing that Russia had launched an invasion....

Russia invasion spoof report spreads panic in Georgia

Source country telegraph Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:10:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Vladimir Putin[1];

Millions of Georgians wrongly thought their country was being invaded after a spoof prime time news broadcast showed Russian tanks heading towards the capital Tbilisi and said the president, Mikheil Saakashvili, had been killed....

Panic over fake news in Georgia

Source country Hindu Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:08:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Konstantin Kosachyov[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

Other categories: Security;

MOSCOW: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been assassinated, Russian tanks are advancing on Tbilisi, and opposition leaders have seized power in the country, a Georgian television station reported on Saturday causing panic and then angry protests when people realised it was a fake report....

Saakashvili: Fake TV Report 'Close to What May Happen'

Source country ge_civil_en Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:52:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Petre Tsiskarishvili[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[2]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Giorgi Gabashvili[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Giorgi Arveladze[1];

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Mikhail Saakashvili said: "But the major unpleasant thing about the yesterday's report - and I want everyone to realize it well - was that this report is maximally close to reality and maximally close to what may really happen, or to what Georgia's enemy keeps in mind,"

Mikhail Saakashvili added: "Although we know that its director is still writing a script of scenario, which is close to what we saw yesterday,"

Mikhail Saakashvili said: "The one, who shakes hand [referring to Burjanadze] with [person, referring to Putin] whose hands are in blood of people of Georgia of any ethnicity, can not have any dignity," "After meeting with these two disgraceful politicians [referring to Burjanadze and Nogaideli], Putin said at one of closed meetings: 'As I was telling you, Georgians can not concentrate long enough on anything except of dancing and singing'. That is the result of all these [meetings with Putin],"

Giorgi Gabashvili said: “It was totally unethical and irresponsible; playing with viewers’ feelings is totally unacceptable,”

as if Russian troops advanced to take over Tbilisi with the opposition's help "was maximally close to what may really happen." Imedi TV, whose fake report caused a widespread outrage in Georgia, apologized for, what it called was "a simulation" of what may happen after the May local elections, but.......

Fake Russian Attack Report Throws Georgia in Panic

Source country novinite Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:07:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[2];

Other categories: Security;

Georgia was thrown in panic overnight as fake report of a Russian attack was shown on the Imedi TV. Imedi TV presented the report as an "immitation of possible events" but many viewers who missed the beginning failed to realize that it was fake. The TV report said that Russian tanks entered the.......

Georgia Panics After Fake Report About Russian Invasion

Source country voanews Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:01:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

Georgia President Saakhasvili defended report, following widespread panic caused by broadcast...

Reports throw Georgia into panic

Source country channel4news Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:25:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Mikhail Saakashvili said: "My grandmother, though she had seen me shortly before the report, got worried and nervous and of course a lot of people got nervous. "

Georgia was thrown into panic last night after a pro-Government television station broadcast fake reports of a Russian invasion....

Outrage in Georgia over faked 'Russian invasion' report

Source country abs-cbnnews Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:50:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

TBILISI, Georgia - Outraged Georgians on Sunday slammed a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a faked report announcing that Russia had launched an invasion and the country's president was dead....

Fake Report Of Russian Invasion Sparks Anger In Georgia

Source country rferl Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:56:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Orson Welles[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[2]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Irakli Alasania[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Georgians reacted with fear and in some cases panic to a mock television report claiming that invading Russian tanks had crossed the border heading for Tbilisi, and that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was dead....

GEORGIA: Opposition claims government behind spoof invasion broadcast

Source country radiofranceinternationale-en Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:07:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Nino Burdzhanadze told (about Mikhail Saakashvili) : "This government's treatment of its own people is outrageous. I am sure that every second of this programme was agreed with Saakashvili. Many people suffered psychological trauma,"

Georgia Furious Georgians have slammed a private TV channel for showing a spoof report that Russia was invading on Saturday. Opposition leaders accuse Mikhel Saakashvili’s government of being behind the broadcast. There was panic in Tbilisi as the broadcast went out, even though it was preceded by a short announcement that it was not true....

Mock newscast sparks Georgia panic

Source country aljazeera-en Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:20:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Rogozin[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Giorgi Arveladze[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Mikhail Saakashvili said: "It was indeed a very unpleasant programme but the most unpleasant thing is that it is extremely close to what can happen and to what Georgia's enemy has conceived,"

President's opponents denounce TV programme that claimed to simulate "Russian invasion"....

Fake Russian Coup Report Sparks Outrage In Georgia

Source country rferl Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:52:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Orson Welles[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Manana Manjgaladze[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Boris Chochiyev[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Salome Zurabishvili[1]; Eduard Kokoity[1];

A 30-minute TV report of an alleged new Russian attack on Georgia coinciding with a Russian-backed coup led by two prominent oppositionists has triggered widespread panic and outrage....

Georgia opposition accuses gov't over TV 'war' hoax

Source country alertnet Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:35:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Charles Dick[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Margarita Antidze[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Matt Robinson[1];

* Fake report: Russian tanks invade at call of opposition * After 2008 war, stunt sparks panic in Georgia By Matt Robinson TBILISI, March 14 (Reuters) - Georgia's opposition accused the government on Sunday of being behind a fake primetime news report that Russian tanks had entered the capital at.......

Fake televised invasion report sparks panic in Georgia

Source country cnn Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:28:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Manana Manjgaladze[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

Other categories: Security;

A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country....

Fake Russian invasion causes panic in Georgia

Source country thenational Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:10:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Rogozin[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Mikhail Saakashvili said: “It was indeed a very unpleasant programme but the most unpleasant thing is that it is extremely close to what can happen and to what Georgia’s enemy has conceived,”

Mikhail Saakashvili said: “Those who are shaking hands with people who have Georgian blood on their hands will never be respected,”

A local television channel sparks panic by broadcasting a fake report announcing Russia had launched an invasion and the country’s president was dead....

Panic in Georgia over Russian 'invasion' report

Source country thetimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:01:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Rogozin[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

A spoof television report that President Mikheil Saakashvili had been assassinated in a new Russian invasion of Georgia led to mass panic and furious opposition protests yesterday....

Georgian fury at spoof report of Russian "invasion"

Source country euronews-en Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:00:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mikhail Saakashvili[2]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1];

Other categories: Security;

There is outrage in Georgia over a fake TV report that caused widespread panic by claiming that a Russian invasion was underway. Angry viewers…...

Fake report sparks panic

Source country iafrica Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:53:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Dmitry Rogozin[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili[1];

Other categories: Security;

Georgians slammed a television channel that broadcast a faked report of a Russian invasion....

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