The war between Russia and Georgia caught most of the world by surprise but it is a conflict that has long been brewing – and one that is part of a larger drama. The bigger context is Russia's attempt to regain the influence it enjoyed during the years of the Cold War, and the hurdles that stand in the way of projecting its identity as a unified, sovereign nation.
Dzieciolowski's Russian radio reports
Published August 25, 2008
Zygmunt Dzieciolowski has been contributing to Russian radio stations on the Georgian conflict and its consequences. Videographer Jason Maloney, who is on the ground with Dzieciolowski, says that "this is extremely important from the perspective that he's really filling a void here, where there is really no other independent reporting available in the Russian language." Dzieciolowski spoke to the following stations:
Radio Svoboda (American funded Liberty radio)
Dzieciolowski's story on Radio Svoboda, 8/16/08
BBC Russian service
City FM (popular Moscow news radio belonging to Gazprom Media)
Russkoye Radio (Russian Radio, nationwide)
Serebryannyj Dozhd (Silver Rain, popular Moscow radio station)
Last year openDemocracy Russia editor Zygmunt Dzieciolowski travelled in Georgia and Abkhazia.
I'm not sure I can recommend the Abkhazian house wine that gets served in the bars and restaurants of Sukhumi.
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Zygmunt is a Polish born journalist, writer and documentary film director.
For the last twenty years his main interests have been Russia and other post soviet republics. He took up journalism in...
