Who Owned Georgia English.pdf

Irakli Okruashvili case in September 2007. 72 Attorney TamarKodzaia says that this was illegal, because according to theexisting regulations, a partner must own 60% before he can handover shares. Charkhalashvili sold his shares to someone named“Kvirikashvili,” who approached authorities with a request forthe frequency license for Obieqtivi. However, Kakauridze andAsatiani’s legal dispute over the annulment of their transaction,which began in 2004, had not been resolved. In order to ensurethe claim, Asatiani’s representative requested to seize the license,but was rejected by the court. This license had been given to TVAlania. 73The owner of 100% of Alania’s shares turned out to beMamuka Tatoshvili, a former Rustavi 2 cameraman and childhoodfriend of Vano Merabishvili, who wasthe Minister of Interior atthe time. 74While TV Alania had been broadcasting without anyhindrance for three years on a channel obtained illegally, theTV company Evropa (Europe), became the target of a specialoperation and then disappeared because it illegally broadcastedfor two days. 75TV Evropa was created in Tbilisi in 2004. Its principalshareholder was Teimuraz Shengelia, a Moscow businessman.Evropa had agreed to broadcast “Euronews” while it preparedits own news program. On August 12 2004, TV Evropa officiallyinformed the GNCC that it intended to broadcast on the 38thchannel, but the next day, the GNCC started proceedings tocancel Evropa’s license and annulled it a month later on thegrounds that on the 18 and 19 of August, “Evropa discontinuedits activities envisaged by the license and failed to broadcast.” 7672 Ibid73 Ibid74 Ibid75 Ibid76 Ibid22