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Russian propaganda failed once again

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Written by Maria Levante
Saturday, 25 August 2007
As Georgia drummed up support over an alleged Russian missile strike this week, Moscow charged Tbilisi with threatening the region with a somewhat less sophisticated menace: dead pigs. The hint of the highly uneven match-up stems from an epidemic of African Swine Fever that hit Georgia in June, threatening to wipe out its pig population of about half a million. Russia accused Georgia of dumping diseased swine corpses in the Kodori river, which runs through Georgia's Russian-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia to the Black Sea. "It is unacceptable to throw corpses of dead animals in the Kodori river... which given its consequences, is equivalent to carrying out biological terrorism," Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said in a statement. Moscow called on the World Organisation for Animal Health to chastise Georgian authorities, as well as "warn the veterinary services of all Black Sea region countries of the dangers of such a practice." The charge was the oddest turn in months-long tensions between the two states, which climaxed on when a Russian-made missile landed on Georgian territory. Tbilisi called it an intentional attack, while Russian generals adamantly deny they launched the missile. But true is that “Rosselkhoznadzor” never state it. AISER officials contact colleges from Rosselkhoznadzor and they confirmed that no statement was made in August. AISER experts are monitoring in Kodori River area infectious disease outbreak: no corpses of dead animals were found. Russian propaganda failed again. Now AISER will collect materials to find out which agency start to spread false information. "Keep in mind, that liars must be punished. They must be shown to be the liars Giving common liars the space to preach their lies is the crime… … Propaganda Machine -- must be removed from our public, and the people responsible for getting them there in the first place must be punished for playing their roles in this blatant attack… There are two ways to approach this problem, locally and worldwide…. …I believe it should be approached both ways. I believe that in order to stop this problem one must make these brainwashers so uncomfortable that they will think twice the next time they try and put an articles like this, or others with the lie,” said Dr. Ramazi Mitaishvili on Friday evening press conference. !

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