An oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili — the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party, former Prime Minister of Georgia, and widely regarded as the country’s informal ruler — hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at his business center. The meeting also included government delegations. The party published a video of the meeting with the original sound replaced …
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Trump Extends Emergency Order, Keeping Sanctions on Ivanishvili in Force
U.S. President Donald Trump has extended for another year the national emergency declared by Joe Biden. Joe Biden declared the national emergency related to the harmful foreign activities of the Russian Federation in April 2021. It was under this executive order addressing the Russian Federation’s harmful foreign actions that, on December 27, 2024, the United …
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Bachiashvili, Sentenced to 11 Years, Released After ‘Compensating Damages’ in Ivanishvili Bitcoin Case
Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Co-Investment Fund who had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the high-profile “Bitcoin case,” has been released under a plea agreement after admitting guilt and reimbursing damages, the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. “He also fully cooperated with the investigation and compensated the damage, on the …
Ivanishvili’s 13 Steps to Undermine Democracy in Georgia
Here are several key events from 2025 that illustrate how Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream systematically undermined democracy in Georgia, consolidated authoritarian rule, and pushed the country closer to Russia. Although Ivanishvili’s government now prohibits even standing on the sidewalk—threatening imprisonment for those who defy the ban—pro-European protesters have persisted in the streets for over a year. …
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‘Treacherous Betrayal,’ ‘Agents,’ and ‘External Enemies’ – Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Letter with Anti-Western Messages
Bidzina Ivanishvili has issued a letter on the 13th anniversary of the Georgian Dream victory in the 2012 elections. “Another test awaits us on October 4,” he writes in the letter, which contains numerous anti-Western messages similar to statements made by his team members. At the same time, Ivanishvili mentions “external enemies” and “agents.” He …