Information War During The 2008 South Ossetian War

Information War During The 2008 South Ossetian War

The 2008 South Ossetia War included an extensive information war, fought over historically poor communications infrastructure in the region.

  • "I agree we lost the information war in the first few days, but we have nothing to hide here"
— Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Andrei Klyuchnikov
  • "Georgia has lost the information war since, unfortunately, foreign agencies frequently relied on Russian news sources controlled by the Kremlin. These would spread inaccurate news which foreign media had to reject later."
— Malkhaz Gulashvili, President of The Georgian Times Media Holding

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