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Former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is the founder of the country’s ruling Georgian Dream party, has been sanctioned by the U.S. In a statement dated December 27, Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the billionaire — whose $7.6 billion net worth exceeds a quarter of the country’s GDP — of trying to…
Supporters of Georgia’s opposition parties hold a rally to protest and dispute the result of a recent parliamentary election won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, in Tbilisi, Georgia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia said Wednesday (October 30, 2024) it has launched an investigation into alleged vote rigging in last…
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Tbilisi: When Georgia’s richest man first burst into politics 12 years ago, he vowed to “astonish Europe” with the democracy he would bring to the Black Sea nation. But Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of Tbilisi’s ruling party, has done what many critics say is the opposite: led the country into international isolation while curbing…
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