OPINION: A Ruso-Georgian Media War in South Ossetia

By Ingo Mannteufel heads Deutsche Welle's Russian online and radio programs (win)

Georgia's actions in South Ossetia have factually turned into a Ruso-Georgian war. The information war, however, has also reached a new level of escalation, says DW's Ingo Mannteufel. There's no doubt that Georgia's military intervention in South Ossetia has lead to a war between Georgia and Russia. While the military situation is still hard to grasp, Georgia and Russia -- the latter being South Ossetia's traditional protecting power -- have also begun a media and information war. It won't make it easier to reach a political solution to the conflict. Most likely, the conflict will even broaden the estrangement between Russia and the West.

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