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estaurants to confiscate documents as customers were dining. 186In August 2005, Kezerashvili’s agency was accused of illegallytaxing imported goods by their volume instead of by their value,as stipulated by law 187 . Yet, Kezerashvili, one of the UnitedNational Movement’s founding fathers, shrugged the allegationsoff and became Minister of Defense when Irakli Okruashvili wasdemoted and subsequently arrested. After the disastrous warwith Russia in August 2008, Kezerashvili was politely dismissedon December 5 th that year. He vanished from the political sceneand entered the private sector, very successfully.Today, David Kezerashvili is making more than the 25,181GEL he made annually as head of the Financial Police. We justdon’t know how much, as he has mostly disappeared into theambiguous warren of Georgian shell corporations. His brotherin-law,Dmitri Chikovani, was awarded the Georgian lotterymonopoly and is connected to an array of businesses, includingthe advertising market (see advertising chapter). What we doknow about Kezerashvili is that he is not only the distributor ofLukoil gas, but is also the owner of LLC Sun Petroleum 188 , whichoperates Gulf gas stations in Georgia. It was incorporated inNovember 2010 and registered in Delaware, USA. The Directorof the company is Yaniv Adam, an Israeli citizen, and its vice-President is Otar Katamadze 189 , whose father is the Director of186 The “Logic of Financial Police”: If There Is A Special Operations SquadAvailable, You Have To Use It. Zaza Gachechiladze. Radio Free Europe.Radio Liberty. June 19, 2005 http://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/content/article/1541845.html Accessed 05/12/2012187 Customs, Financial Police Accused of Illegal Taxation of Importers. CivilGeorgia 16/08/2005 http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=10563 Accessed13/12/2012188 Former Defense Minister Confirms That He’s “Gulf ” Shareholder.Commersant.ge http://www.commersant.ge/eng/?id=628 Accessed05/12/2012189 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 23/08/2012 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=451024&app_id=524919 Accessed on 05/12/201246