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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
Lukoil Georgia LLC, Zaza Katamadze. 190 Sun Petroleum importsfuel for its 130 stations from Bulgaria, Romania, Greece andAzerbaijan.Socar Georgia Petroleum was founded by Socar EnergyGeorgia LLC in September 2006 and is a main importer of oilproducts from Azerbaijan and Central Asia. Socar Energy Georgiaowns a 100-percent share of the company 191 and is a subsidiaryof the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar). Socarstarted as a wholesaler but entered the retail fuel market in 2007and has 92 gas stations throughout Georgia. Davit Zubitashvili isthe company’s director.Rompetrol Georgia, which has 41 gas stations acrossthe country, was founded in December 2005. Its partnersare Rompetrol Group NV, from the Netherlands, and ALGInternational S.A., registered in Panama, but is fully owned byKazakh national energy company, KazTransGas, which also ownsthe Tbilisi natural gas provider, KazTransGas-Tbilisi. NurkenMurzagaliev, of Kazakhstan, is Rompetrol’s general director 192 .The company that is now called Wissol Petroleum Georgiawas founded in April 2000 as Canargo Standard Oil. Thefounding partners were Canargo Petroleum Product with a 50%share, Standard Oil Product with 41.65% and Levan Phahakadzewith an 8.35% share 193 . However, it is impossible to know whothe owners are since it is a JSC now. Wissol also owns the newexpanding supermarket chain, Smart, Auto Express, Laguna,190 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 16/08/2012 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=449225&app_id=522898 Accessed on 05/12/2012191 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 10/12/2012 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=481129&app_id=557412 Accessed on 05/12/2012192 Transparency International Georgia’s Report on Competition Policy inGeorgia p.24 http://www.transparency.ge/en/post/report/tig-publishes-reporton-competition-in-georgiaAccessed 05/12/2012193 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=75859 p.292 Accessed on12/12/201247
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