Georgia
A one-way ticket from Russia to Georgia bought Oleg Panfilov journalistic freedom. After the success he has now gained in Georgia, he reflects upon the hopelessness of journalism in Russia.
In August 2008 Zygmunt Dzieciolowski was in Georgia. He interviewed Mikheil Saakashvili, as it happens just twenty hours before the war with Russia broke out.
Brutal wars in Chechnya and now trouble in places such as Ossetia and Ingushetia have shown the world that ethnic conflict and Islamic separatism are seen as serious threats to Russia, even as it t
As the recent war between Russia and Georgia shows, the aftershocks of the collapse of the Soviet Union are still being felt today.
Louise Lee-Jones, Special to the Pulitzer Center
Jason Maloney and Kira Kay's reporting from the Georgia/Russia conflict aired on HDNet World Report at 9 p.m.
Thomas Goltz, special to the Pulitzer Center
Well, it seems to be over, surprise, surprise, unless it turns into WW III, which I hope it does not.
They've been dreaming about independence for years. In 1999 Abkhazia's citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence in a national referendum.
They've dreamed about it for years. In 1999, in a national referendum, Abkhazia's citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence.
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 “...