Ekho Kavkaza threatened
Ekho Kavkaza, a section of RFE/RL’s Georgian service that broadcasts to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, received a letter last week from the “official representative of the President of Abkhazia” that labeled the broadcaster “a propagandist information service,” adding that authorities “at some point will have to take certain measures.” RFE/RL, which provides a balanced alternative to official media in these separatist regions, considers the letter a direct threat to its stringers on the ground.