page_title: Giulietto Chiesa
section_title: 2008 Russian-Georgian Conflict
hierarchical_section_title: Giulietto Chiesa / Career / 2008 Russian-Georgian Conflict
caption_attribution_description: The Italian journalist Giulietto Chiesa at the 2013 Liberation Day in Rome
context_page_description: Giulietto Chiesa was an Italian journalist, author, lecturer and politician.
  He was Vice-President of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade and member of two Extraordinary Committees inside the European Parliament: the Extraordinary Renditions Committee and the Climate Change Committee. He was the founder of the cultural association Megachip. Democracy in Communications. He was the Chief Editor of the web TV Pandora TV.
context_section_description: Concerning the 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia, Chiesa stated that "Russia did precisely what had to be done." He added "I think Europe is partly responsible for this war, by unconditionally supporting Georgia’s president Mikheil Saakashvili and his claims on South Ossetia and Abkhazia." Regarding media coverage of the war, Chiesa declared that "the information given by the media is shameful for the West. Western news channels broadcast images and headlines that were politically biased. Some of them claimed that Russia wanted to conquer Georgia, although no evidence whatsoever backed up that argument. Mikheil Saakashvili was portrayed as the unfortunate victim of Big Bad Putin and very often images of Tskhinvali razed by bombs were not shown. It is the worst coverage I have ever seen since the war in Iraq."
caption: Chiesa in 2013
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