Who Owned Georgia English.pdf
Who Owned Georgia English.pdf Who Owned Georgia English.pdf
uling party leader in the region warned, “If you don’t give usyour harvest voluntarily, we’ll take it away.” 261 According tothe Public Defender, Maisuradze was arrested illegally with thepurpose to deprive him of his property. Local authorities yielded72 tons of wheat for themselves 262 . Although the wheat was laterreturned, nobody was held accountable for the theft. 500 tonswere subsequently stolen, provoking a confrontation betweenMaisuradze and Saltvisi-2, the company whose combineshad come to haul the wheat away. Police arrived but did notintervene, stating they were ordered not to. 263One asset of particular interest to the former government wasGori’s Mill Combinate (officially Forte Ltd.) which was valued atapproximately 500,000 GEL making it one of the largest enterprisesin the region. But unlike other valuable properties, Forte didn’tend up in the hands of the state. On December 15, 2004, Forte’sfour owners, Mirian Okroshiashvili, Giorgi Ortanezashvili, VasilKhitiashvili and Merab Datviashvili, transferred their sharesto Lemise Company Ltd., a private company that had beenestablished 13 days prior to the handover. 264The story of Lemise is a post Rose Revolution example of howa company appears out of nowhere, gobbles up state propertyfor cheap, turns it over for sizable profits, grows, and goes on toprovide lucrative services for the government.Lemise was officially established with a total charter capitalof a mere 2000 GEL by Sergi Kakalashvili, Giorgi Kapanadze andGiorgi Okroshiashvili 265 , although Kapanadze is owner by name261 Ombudsman about Nodar Maisuradze’s Case http://www.ombudsman.ge/index.php?page=1001&lang=0&id=293 Accessed 05/12/2012262 Ibid263 Minister’s Friend - A Studio Monitor Investigation. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDdy5M2WrI Accessed 05/12/2012264 Ibid265 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=app&m=view_doc&doc_id=32319 p.4 Accessed on 12/12/201266
only. His son Levan (Lukhum) really runs the business. 266 Thefather-son connection switches with the Okroshiashvili’s. Giorgiis the son of Mirian, who had been the main shareholder of Forteand still retained 5% 267 , while Giorgi had 25% of Lemise. 268 Thisexplains the name: Le (Levan) - Mi (Miriani)- Se (Sergi).Sergi Kakalashvili is a businessman from Tiumen, Russia,who also writes verse. President Saakashvili is so fond of hispoetry, he quoted some at a parliamentary meeting. Kakalashvilishared a business with Lukhum Kapanadze in Tiumen named“Georgia.” Kapanadze is also a former schoolmate of ex-PrimeMinister Vano Merabishvili. 269After acquiring Forte Ltd., Lemise went on a buying andselling spree, getting property for cheap, often from the state,and turning it over for considerable profits, almost as if it was anunofficial government realtor.On Dec 15, 2005, Lemise bought Kachreti Mill Combinatefor $867, 000 from Georgian Product Ltd., which had owned themill for 3 months. Georgian Product Ltd, was reportedly ownedby Gocha Dzasokhov, a wealthy businessman from the Goriregion. 270 After the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Dzasokhov “sethimself against the regime of Tbilisi” 271 and fled to Russia wherehe has become a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian266 Minister’s Friend - A Studio Monitor Investigation. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDdy5M2WrI Accessed 05/12/2012267 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 28/12/2010 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=188743&app_id=215661 Accessed 05/12/2012268 Minister’s Friend - A Studio Monitor Investigation. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDdy5M2WrI Accessed 05/12/2012269 Ibid270 Ibid271 Gocha Zasokhov’s Biography Page http://www.dzasokhov.ru/en/biography/Accessed 04/12/201267
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only. His son Levan (Lukhum) really runs the business. 266 Thefather-son connection switches with the Okroshiashvili’s. Giorgiis the son of Mirian, who had been the main shareholder of Forteand still retained 5% 267 , while Giorgi had 25% of Lemise. 268 Thisexplains the name: Le (Levan) - Mi (Miriani)- Se (Sergi).Sergi Kakalashvili is a businessman from Tiumen, Russia,who also writes verse. President Saakashvili is so fond of hispoetry, he quoted some at a parliamentary meeting. Kakalashvilishared a business with Lukhum Kapanadze in Tiumen named“<strong>Georgia</strong>.” Kapanadze is also a former schoolmate of ex-PrimeMinister Vano Merabishvili. 269After acquiring Forte Ltd., Lemise went on a buying andselling spree, getting property for cheap, often from the state,and turning it over for considerable profits, almost as if it was anunofficial government realtor.On Dec 15, 2005, Lemise bought Kachreti Mill Combinatefor $867, 000 from <strong>Georgia</strong>n Product Ltd., which had owned themill for 3 months. <strong>Georgia</strong>n Product Ltd, was reportedly ownedby Gocha Dzasokhov, a wealthy businessman from the Goriregion. 270 After the 2008 Russia-<strong>Georgia</strong> war, Dzasokhov “sethimself against the regime of Tbilisi” 271 and fled to Russia wherehe has become a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian266 Minister’s Friend - A Studio Monitor Investigation. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDdy5M2WrI Accessed 05/12/2012267 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong> 28/12/2010 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=188743&app_id=215661 Accessed 05/12/2012268 Minister’s Friend - A Studio Monitor Investigation. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDdy5M2WrI Accessed 05/12/2012269 Ibid270 Ibid271 Gocha Zasokhov’s Biography Page http://www.dzasokhov.ru/en/biography/Accessed 04/12/201267
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