Friday, December 5, 2025

Legitimacy of Georgian election may be questioned

Tamar Chugoshvili (left), chair of Georgian Young Lawyer's Association, and Irakli Melashvili (right), from Coalition for Free Choice say almost all political parties are behind their proposal, except the governing party. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A democracy campaign in Georgia says recent developments may put in doubt the legitimacy of the whole election if the Saakashvili regime does not take immediate measures.

The campaigners are particularly alarmed by the recent

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Ivanishvili's Channel 9 struggling with distribution

David Zilpimiani says his business went down the drain after he agreed to be distributor for the Ivanishvili affiliated Channel 9. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The owner of TV and radio distributor Stereo+ says it has lost all its clients after signing a contract with Ivanishvili affiliated Channel 9 a month ago.

Davit Zilpimiani, who started and owns Stereo+, says this and another company he runs have

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Another TV channel taken over in Georgia

Davit Zilpimian says his TV station Pirveli Stereo was taken over because he agreed to technical cooperation with Channel 9, which is owned by the wife of opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A small TV station in Georgia has been taken over, in the latest of a series of disputes within media in the country.

A few days ago, Davit Zilpimian reported that the property of Pirveli Stereo and Stereo Plus, a TV channel he established, had

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