Who Owned Georgia English.pdf
Who Owned Georgia English.pdf Who Owned Georgia English.pdf
Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who was the Chief of thePresident’s Administration at the time, categorically deniedKitsmarishvili’s and Khalvashi’s charges that authoritiesinterfered in the activities of the television stations.On November 17th, 2006, the transport company, “Geo-Trans,” took over Khalvashi’s shares and a month later, 45%of Rustavi 2 became the property of MP David Bezhuashvili’scompany, the Georgian Industrial Group (GIG). 22 David’s brotherGela was a Minister of Foreign Affairs. The remaining 55% wentto the firm “Delgado Resources,” which was registered in theVirgin Islands. 23 Two months later, “Geomedia Group,” whichwas registered on the Marshall Islands, became the owner of 55%of Rustavi 2. 24By mid 2007, 40% of the shares were owned by GeomediaGroup, 30% by Irakli Chikhovani, the General Director of thestation, and 30% by Bezhuashvili’s company, GIG 25 . By November29th, 2011, 70% of the TV company was owned by DexonLtd., registered on the Virgin Islands with Giorgi Gegeshidzeas the country representative. 30% belonged to ChemeximInternational, registered on the Marshal Islands, with Ramaz22 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia Page 99 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201223 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia Page 110 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201224 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia Page 133 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201225 Media after the Rose Revolution. Studio Monitor Investigation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vefDcvLZY Shortened written version available athttp://shokoladi.ge/content/54-nabijit-ukan Accessed on 05/12/201212
Beridze as the representative. 26 Both companies also owned MzeTV. 27 Amendments to the Georgian Law on Broadcasting in April2011 restricted companies registered offshore from owning abroadcaster. License holders were obliged to submit compliancedeclarations to the Georgian National CommunicationsCommission (GNCC) no later than January 1, 2012. BeforeGeorgia’s parliamentary elections in October 2012, LevanKaramanishvili owned 90% of Rustavi 2 and Mze TV, whileGiorgi Gegeshidze, Rustavi 2’s Director General, owned theremaining 10% of both 28 (the post-election change will be lookedat in the final chapter). Karamanishvili is a businessman whofounded the mobile phone operator Beeline/Mobitel Georgia 29and is involved with the internet provider, Caucasus Online 30 .In both companies, Levan Karamanishvili represents opaqueshareholders who hide behind offshore shell companies. 31Although not an opposition station, privately owned MzeTV was a popular channel whose history mimics Rustavi 2’s. Itwas founded in 2002 by Zurab Zedginidze, Levan Kubaneishvili,26 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 29/11/2011 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=346853&app_id=399438 Accessed on 05/12/201227 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 29/11/2011 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=346844&app_id=399441 Accessed on 13/12/201228 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 08/08/2012 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=447100&app_id=520160 Accessed on 13/12/201229 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia p.10 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=82829 Accessed 13/12/201230 Rustavi 2 and Mze - the property of Saakashvili’s frind’s family. MayaMetskhvarishvili. Netgazeti.ge http://netgazeti.ge/GE/86/News/7650/Accessed 13/12/201131 After elections, TV stations reposition themselves and change ownership.Transparency International http://transparency.ge/en/blog/after-elections-tvstations-reposition-themselvesAccessed on 05/12/201213
- Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTIONOne day shopping with m
- Page 7 and 8: closely affiliated to Eduard Shevar
- Page 10 and 11: news to the Autonomous Republic of
- Page 12 and 13: If the authorities had wanted, they
- Page 16 and 17: Kakhi Beqauri and Eldar Mdinaradze.
- Page 18 and 19: oadcasting 39 but sold the frequenc
- Page 20 and 21: He went on to say that later that d
- Page 22 and 23: with Russia, which sent the nation
- Page 24 and 25: Irakli Okruashvili case in Septembe
- Page 26 and 27: them in the street. They took trans
- Page 28 and 29: Maestro contends the dishes were pa
- Page 30 and 31: In the meantime, Chikovani has rema
- Page 32 and 33: General Media arrived in early 2011
- Page 34 and 35: merger of the Caucasus Network, Geo
- Page 36 and 37: In cases when the owner of a busine
- Page 38 and 39: the shares and LLC Investico Allian
- Page 40 and 41: 38WHO OWNED OUTDOOR ADVERTISING?Whe
- Page 42 and 43: The latest Civil registry entry has
- Page 44 and 45: On September 12, 2011, JSC Adprojec
- Page 46 and 47: ut we are only partly correct. The
- Page 48 and 49: estaurants to confiscate documents
- Page 50 and 51: Delta Holding, the football (soccer
- Page 52 and 53: A PHARMACEUTICAL OLIGOPOLY“Why ar
- Page 54 and 55: to construct manufacturing sites an
- Page 56 and 57: A loan from the European Bank for R
- Page 58 and 59: People’s Pharmacy, a small pharma
- Page 60 and 61: the large import/distributors and r
- Page 62 and 63: that the decrease could be their sh
Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who was the Chief of thePresident’s Administration at the time, categorically deniedKitsmarishvili’s and Khalvashi’s charges that authoritiesinterfered in the activities of the television stations.On November 17th, 2006, the transport company, “Geo-Trans,” took over Khalvashi’s shares and a month later, 45%of Rustavi 2 became the property of MP David Bezhuashvili’scompany, the <strong>Georgia</strong>n Industrial Group (GIG). 22 David’s brotherGela was a Minister of Foreign Affairs. The remaining 55% wentto the firm “Delgado Resources,” which was registered in theVirgin Islands. 23 Two months later, “Geomedia Group,” whichwas registered on the Marshall Islands, became the owner of 55%of Rustavi 2. 24By mid 2007, 40% of the shares were owned by GeomediaGroup, 30% by Irakli Chikhovani, the General Director of thestation, and 30% by Bezhuashvili’s company, GIG 25 . By November29th, 2011, 70% of the TV company was owned by DexonLtd., registered on the Virgin Islands with Giorgi Gegeshidzeas the country representative. 30% belonged to ChemeximInternational, registered on the Marshal Islands, with Ramaz22 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong> Page 99 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201223 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong> Page 110 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201224 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong> Page 133 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=76222 Accessed on05/12/201225 Media after the Rose Revolution. Studio Monitor Investigation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vefDcvLZY Shortened written version available athttp://shokoladi.ge/content/54-nabijit-ukan Accessed on 05/12/201212
Change language