The Rossiya TV channel confirmed reports Thursday that two of its correspondents had been detained in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area.

Shota Khizanishvili from the Georgian Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti that two people, who stated they were Russian journalists, were being checked, but were not under arrest.

"Two people, who had no documents with them, are being checked at the Tamarasheni-Pekhvi sector," Khizanishvili said. "It is not a detention, but a regular identity check of individuals without documents."

The Novosti-Georgia news agency reported earlier that two-four people who said they were from the Vesti channel, broadcast by RTR-Planeta, were arrested at about 1:30 p.m. Moscow time (10.30 a.m. GMT).

Both the RTR-Planeta and Rossiya channels are subsidiaries of the All-Russia State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company.
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