It has been speculated that Vladimir Putin was behind the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006. If so, he has some other reporters he might want to add to the list. Some Turkish reporters were almost killed by apparently undisciplined and trigger-happy Russian soldiers (who fortunately were also lousy shots). It just wouldn’t do to have that sort of bad publicity getting around.

The clandestinely filmed BBC report above seems to demonstrate that, contrary to Russian claims, its soldiers are not pulling out of some parts of Georgia at all. (On the other hand, there are reports from Georgian government sources that the Russians have begun to pull out of Gori.) One would think it is height of foolishness for the Russian government to lie about withdrawing from Georgia, since anyone with a cell phone or camcorder becomes a reporter who can expose the lie. That might be a few too many journalists to dispose of.

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