The following news was reported in OC Media: Giorgi Bachiashvili, former aide to Georgian Dream’s founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, has announced that he has fled Georgia and threatened to produce an ‘exposé’ about the billionaire. Bachiashvili, who was already facing two criminal cases at the time of departure, said he decided to leave the country due … Read more

George Bachiashvili spoke with TV Pireli about his difficult decision to leave Georgia. A translation of his comments was published by Interpress News. Previously, Bachiashvili said that the system is shaky and that the people in it are no longer motivated to do their job well. “The system is actually shaky, it is not working. … Read more

Transparency International Georgia has published an in-depth independent investigation of the Georgian government’s handling of the case against George Bachiashvili, finding numerous violations of due process, lacking evidence, and personal and political motivations driving prosecutors to act outside the bounds of the law upon the instructions of one individual, Bidzina Ivanishvili. In the interest of … Read more

Today Georgian media reported on the first day of hearings in the trial phase against George Bachiashvili. Excerpt below: Prior to the hearing, Bachiashvili said to the journalists that “today begins Ivanishvili’s personal process. This is the process where Ivanishvili personally is the complainant, the prosecutor, and the judge.” During his speech in court, Bachiashvili said that … Read more

Following the controversial outcome of the October 26 election in Georgia which somehow returned the Georgia Dream party to power, despite overwhelming rejection by the public and mass protests, the Appeals Court now appears to be under extraordinary pressure to bury challenges and confirm the result. According to a report by Civil.ge, the Tbilisi Court … Read more

Following his television interview with TV Pirveli regarding the politically motivated case brought against him by Bidzina Ivanishvili, George Bachiashvili gave an interview to Civil.ge, covering a wide range of issues. A few excerpts below: The reason behind Ivanishvili suing him For Ivanishvili, a good employee and team player is when you are a puppet, … Read more

Following the passage of the controversial foreign agents law by the Georgian Dream coalition led by the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, there are increasing concerns that the next elections in Georgia will be neither free nor fair. These concerns have been expressed at the highest levels, including by the pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili, who issued a … Read more