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Bidzina Ivanishvili: Agent of pivot

January 4, 2025 admin

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…

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Lawmakers in Georgia elect hardline critic of West Mikheil Kavelashvili as new President

December 14, 2024 admin

Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as the country’s new President on Saturday, December 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as the country’s new President on Saturday (December 14, 2024), setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid…

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Georgia’s ruling party leads election race but it’s unclear who will form next government

October 26, 2024 admin

Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili gives a speech during a gathering at the party’s headquarters after exit polls were announced during parliamentary elections in Tbilisi on October 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Georgia’s Central Election Commission said Saturday the ruling Georgian Dream party won 52.99% of the…

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