Anzor Chubinidze

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Journalist Nodar Meladze. Screenshot from his TV channel Pirveli video.

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Georgian authorities: There will be ‘no storming’ of TV office

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Opposition-leaning TV broadcaster Pirveli and media advocates have sounded the alarm after prosecutors successfully obtained a court permit to retrieve a drive and envelope containing leaked tapes that implicated the government in abuse of power. On 10 March, a Georgian court granted permission to Georgia’s Prosecutor General to seize an ‘electronic carrier and an envelope’ from the offices of TV channel Pirveli, alarming advocates of media freedom in Georgia. The ruling from Tbilisi City Co

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Bera Ivanishvili refuses to deny authenticity of secret recordings

by OC Media

•3 min read

Bera Ivanishvili has refused to refute the authenticity of recordings of conversations between himself and the Prime Minister in which they discuss sending men to threaten and harass people for leaving unkind comments on Facebook. Bera, the son of billionaire Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, broke his silence and sat down with TV Imedi, a pro-government TV channel, three days after the publication of explosive tapes of conversations purportedly between Bera and Prime Minister Irakli

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Slew of witnesses accuse Bera Ivanishvili of terrorising critics

by Shota Kincha

•5 min read

A slew of new witnesses have come forward leveling accusations of abusive behaviour by Georgian rapper Bera Ivanishvili, the son of the billionaire founder of Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili. So far, at least seven, people have come forward with allegations following the publication of explosive tapes of conversations purportedly between Bera and Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. The tapes appear to show Gharibashvili, and the head of Georgia’s Special State Protection Service (SSPS)

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Calls for Georgian PM’s resignation follow scandalous recordings

by Shota Kincha

•5 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili is facing fresh calls to resign after recordings emerged in which he appears to agree to send police officers to intimidate critics of Bera Ivanishvili. Opposition-leaning channel TV Pirveli aired the recordings of Bera Ivanishvili, a rapper and the son of Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili on 6 March. In them, he appears to instruct Gharibashvili and other officials to punish people who had insulted him on Facebook. The ruling party has n