Bidzina Ivanishvili

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili who was convicted in absentia of abuse of power during his presidency and arrested upon his return from exile, gestures speaking from a defendant's dock during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. . (Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Georgia sentences imprisoned former president Saakashvili to a further 9 years behind bars

A court in Georgia has convicted imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili on embezzlement charges and handed him another prison term of nine years.
 
In this photo provided by the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream party, which he initiated, applauds Mikheil Kavelashvili during a session discussing presidential candidates in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 27, 2024. (Georgian Dream party via AP, File)

US sanctions the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party

 
Georgian president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili attends a Georgian parliament session in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday. Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

Ex-soccer player Kavelashvili becomes Georgia’s president in a blow to country’s EU aspirations

 
Mikheil Kavelashvili, who was nominated by the governing Georgian Dream party as a candidate for president of Georgia attends a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo)

Georgia’s governing party picks former soccer player as presidential candidate

 
The former chairman of Georgia's ruling party Irakli Kobakhidze speaks to journalists after a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Kobakhidze was appointed by parliament as the Prime Minister of the Caucasus nation's on Thursday in a reshuffle ahead of national elections in the autumn. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgian parliament names new prime minister as the ruling party gears up for elections in the fall

 

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