"After an initial launch on internet earlier this month, the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s Russian-language TV channel, First Caucasian, is now available on satellite. The new TV channel, which in Georgia also goes out on cable, has triggered first reaction from Russia with senior official describing the channel as part of Georgia’s 'anti-Russian propaganda' and an attempt 'to plant ideology of extremism' in North Caucasus." Civil Georgia, 17 January 2010.
     "At the beginning of 2010 State-controlled Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) launched a Russian-language TV channel, First Caucasian, which is viewed by many as a competitor to the Russian TV channels predominantly owned by the Russian State or its affiliates which tend to cover events in Russia and the CIS region with a pro-Kremlin slant. ... The creation of the First Caucasian TV channel can easily be interpreted as an attempt to offer an outlet for pro-Georgia news post the August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia. Pro-Georgia news versus pro-Kremlin news therefore, rather than objective and reliable information." Richard Rousseau, The Georgian Times, 18 January 2010.