The author of the article disapproves the fact that Putin emphasized the Georgian origin of the writer and explained his criticism towards the August Georgia-Russia War to his ethnicity. France Press has also underlined Putin`s criticism towards impartial media sources operating in Russia, exemplifying his statements about the work of the Echo Moskvy, accusing him of supporting foreign interests.

`Venediktov admitted that Wednesday`s jab might have been Putin`s most public attack at the radio station yet but noted the strongman prime minister had also criticized the station in the past.

"If we are talking about semi-public things the prime minister expressed to me his extreme displeasure over Echo of Moscow`s editorial policies during the war with Georgia," he said, referring to Moscow`s five-day war with Tbilisi in 2008,` the article says.

Radio Liberty has published an interview with Russian writer of Georgian origin Boris Akunin. The article was entitled Putin vs. Akunin, in which the writer says:
`That is how he was trained in his special [KGB] school; it is his normal method of smearing an opponent. I don`t feel smeared. OK, I`m Georgian, so what? There are people of many ethnicities in our country. Actually, he was hinting that since I`m an ethnic Georgian, it means I`m an enemy of Russia. That is what he meant,` Akunin said.

CNN has also published an article covering Putin`s speeches. It emphasizes that part of the speech, when Putin admitted that war in Georgia in 2008 was the war between Russia and Georgia. It should be noted that Putin is called a dictator in this article.

`Russia`s Dictator Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the armed conflict in August 2008 was conducted between Russia and Georgia,` CNN said.