Afanasyev, a producer at Imedi TV, said he had been persecuted for contacts with the Georgian opposition back when Badri Patarkatsishvili, the Imedi owner who died in February 2008, was alive.
The Georgian man’s application for political asylum will be considered under Russian law.
Long-standing tensions between Russia and former Soviet republic Georgia turned violent in August 2008 when Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control. Most residents of the former Georgian republic had had Russian citizenship for many years.
Two weeks after the end of the five-day war, Russia recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
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The Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said it in the course of his recent meeting with teachers
“The captain of the vessel must drive the ship in a way to avoid running upon reefs, – the Patriarch said. – There’s no good to hit against the wall constantly, when, all in all, it can be walked around or a door can be found in it”.
Opposition was glad to hear it from Ilia II, unlike representatives of the authorities.
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