Bidzina Ivanishvili’s fortune

Georgia to begin checking asset declarations by officials

By | April 7th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is introducing a new law from January 2017 which will lead to a 1,000 fine for any official who fails to file or files incorrect asset declarations. There is currently no mechanism for reacting to incorrect submissions of asset declarations. […]

Vice speaker doubts ‘Panama Papers’ report about Ivanishvili

By | April 5th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Manana Kobakhidze. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A leading Georgian parliamentarian says she doubts the accuracy of a journalistic investigation published on Sunday which also included material about the Georgian billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. Ivanishvili’s […]

Ivanishvili’s fortune shrunk 1.1 bln during year in politics

By | January 6th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s fortune shrunk by USD 1.1 billion during the year he governed his country as prime minister. What happened? The journal Forbes in 2012 listed Ivanishvili in 153rd place among the world’s billionaires with an estimated […]

Georgia defends Ivanishvili’s Virgin Islands assets

By | April 6th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government on Friday defended Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili after he was listed in an article in the Guardian as one of the people who own secret companies registered on the British Virgin Islands. The reason he didn’t disclose […]

Ivanishvili’s fortune shrinks by one billion

By | March 6th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: |

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has a large collection of art. (DF Watch photo.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is still Georgia’s richest person, but his fortune has shrunk by USD 1.1 billion to USD 5.3 billion, according to a new rating by Forbes Magazine. On Forbes’s new list of the world’s richest people in 2013, Bidzina […]