Who Owned Georgia English.pdf

More documents

Recommendations

Info

them in the street. They took transmitters, relays… dismantledeverything. Those in civilian clothes were more active, choosingwhat to leave and what to take – starting with TV sets, recorders,modulators, transmitters… everything. They’d call someone (bytelephone) named Aleko and say, “they’ve got this – shall we takeit?” “Pack” was the response, and they took different equipmenttotaling sixty thousand dollars in value...” 81The officers also took about 50 or 60 licensed films belongingto the TV station. In January, 2006, Sharashidze said he saw thosefilms shown on TV Alania and claims their equipment was alsofound at Alania. Alania managers denied the allegations. 82Kavkasia was one of Tbilisi’s two TV stations considered“opposition,” although owner and station manager NinoJangirashvili didn’t like that tag, as it implied her station wasunder the influence of opposition politicians. She maintains herstation is “independent.” After the November 7 th raid on ImediTV, Jangirashvili claims she was approached by a “businessman”with ties to the government who threatened she too would beshut down unless Kavkasia altered their programming or soldthe channel 83 . Kavkasia held its ground and despite a decline inadvertisers, is still on the air.Maestro TV, established in 1995, was Tbilisi’s otheropposition station. 25% is owned by Giorgi Gachecheladze, aka“Utsnobi” (the Unknown), a local musician, outspoken critic ofthe Saakashvili government and brother of Levan Gachecheladze,who ran against Saakashvili in the snap 2008 presidential electionsand lost. Maka Asatiani, a fashion designer and former presidentof Airzena airlines, also owns 25%. Her husband, Kote Gogelia,is a wealthy businessman and former leader of the oppositionGeorgia Party. Mamuka Glonti, one of Maestro’s founders, holds81 Ibid82 Ibid83 Kavkasia TV and the End of Independent Media. The Messenger Online.http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/1651_july_18_2008/1651_kavkasia.htmlAccessed on 05/12/201224
15 % of the shares, while Levan Chikvaidze and Giorgi Ebralidzeeach hold 15% and Ekaterine Akobia has 5%. 84In February, 2012, the Georgian Supreme Court put a lien onAsatiani’s 20% shares in Mercedes Georgia, which she claims wasretaliation for her support of Maestro, as she pays the station’sjournalists and has invested in new equipment. 85 In a Julyinterview with newspaper «Kviris Palitra,» she said authoritiesoffered to drop her Mercedes - Georgia case if she would leaveMaestro. 86Late in 2011, Maestro made headlines over a dispute betweenthe company’s owners and Erosi Kitsmarishvili, who had boughtcontrolling rights for 3 years in 2009. 87 Kitsmarishvili earnedthe nickname Spiderman for scaling the 3 meter high Maestrowall and breaking into the studios in an effort to highjackthe broadcasting, but the Maestro staff had joined Glonti inthe Utsnobi radio station where they continued guerrilla TVbroadcasting. 88 Today, Maestro broadcasts normally in its regularstudio, while Kitsmarishvili has been relieved of his duties asdirector.Maestro again made headlines in July 2012, when theGeorgian government impounded thousands of satellite dishes itclaimed were part of an investigation into a vote-buying schemeorchestrated by billionaire opposition leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili.84 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia. 12/03/2012 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=391748&app_id=451889 Accessed on 05/12/201285 Dimitri Gabunia – Lien has been Imposed on Maka Asatiani’s Propertybecause of Maestro. Media.ge. http://www.media.ge/en/stories/dimitri_gabunia_lien_has Accessed 14/11/201286 I shall not swap Maestro for Mercedes or any other assets! – Maka Asatiani.Media.ge http://www.media.ge/en/stories/ishallnotswapmaestrofor Accessed14/11/201287 Vaulted into an Imedi scandal. Democracy and Freedom Watch. http://dfwatch.net/vaulted-into-an-imedi-scandal-95700 Accessed 14/11/201288 TV staff jailed in Tbilisi. Democracy and Freedom Watch. http://dfwatch.net/tv-staff-jailed-in-tbilisi-60010 Accessed 14/11/201225
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 14 and 15: Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who was
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 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
Page 64 and 65: Kvadimax, Enozid H, Musitroli, Amta
Page 66 and 67: 64IT’S CALLED DEVELOPMENTIn 2002
Page 68 and 69: uling party leader in the region wa
Page 70 and 71: Federation. The Georgian prosecutor
Page 72 and 73: went to Argilstone Investment and 4
Page 74 and 75: (10%). 290 Like Lemise, Interplast
Page 76 and 77:
then buying it back from that group
Page 78 and 79:
elonged to Kapital Vostok, a Swiss
Page 80 and 81:
a fantasy settlement just south of
Page 82 and 83:
made quite a profit, as Sairme is i
Page 84 and 85:
and the Tbilisi Development Fund, t
Page 86 and 87:
land from the Fund along Aghmashene
Page 88 and 89:
On December 24th, the economy minis
Page 90 and 91:
had never been properly notified. 3
Page 92 and 93:
In 2009, Stanton was renamed GeoPro
Page 94 and 95:
Tkibuli is a derelict post-Soviet i
Page 96 and 97:
POSTSCRIPTWhen Georgians went to th
Page 98 and 99:
While Rustavi 2 was passing through
Page 100 and 101:
On October 5, Maestro TV and Global
Page 102:
and further reasons why foreign inv
show all

Who Owned Georgia English.pdf

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?