Thursday, May 28, 2026

Ivanishvili's USD 45 mill fine was due Monday

Bidzina Ivanishvili vowed to not let the USD 45 million fine stop him in a speech Sunday. (Georgian Dream photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Monday the deadline ran out for opposition financier Bidzina Ivanishvili to pay a USD 45 million fine.

Tbilisi City Court issued the fine in a lawsuit raised by the Chamber of Control’s party finance audit agency. Originally, the fine was 149

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Computer programmer goes missing in broad daylight

Mamuka Jibladze (54), a skilled computer programmer, went missing June 11 at two o'clock in the afternoon. Then, late Saturday night, he was spotted walking down the street by a surveillance camera, but is still considered missing.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A former employee of the Education Ministry went missing seven days ago. The disappearance happened at 2 o’ clock in the afternoon.

Mamuka Jibladze (54) wrote something called the CAT algorithm for the ministry; a program for translating exam

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Ivanishvili draws 20 000 in western mountain region

Bidzina Ivanishvili repeated his promise to increase pensions and raise the minimum wage in front of 20 000 people in Ozurgeti, a town in the mountain region Guria. (Photo: Georgian Dream.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream movement Sunday held its third rally, this time in a small town in western Georgia.

About 20 000 people gathered in Ozurgeti, a town in the Guria region.

Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili in his speech said

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