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Ivanishvili on collision course with the U.S. on role of NGOs

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Bidzina Ivanishvili is preparing a report about three NGO activists. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The godfather of the government in Georgia, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, was rebuked by the US ambassador Thursday after criticizing three of the most influential NGO leaders in the country.

In a long TV interview on one of the national TV

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NGO founded by former Georgian PM to offer media training

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Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s new organization Citizen is to offer training courses for journalists. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A non-governmental organization founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is to offer training courses for journalists who work for Georgian media outlets.

In a statement on Monday, the organization, called Citizen, explained the

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Ivanishvili starts non-governmental organization

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Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has founded a non-governmental organization called Citizen.

Details are scarce, but it is known that Ivanishvili himself will head the new organization and that its goal will be to strengthen civil society in the country.

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