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Georgia
Security services undergo purge

Bidzina Ivanishvili Georgia's new prime minister, has cleaned house in the country's security services. Some 200 officials have been kicked [...]

Published on 28/11/2012 at 09:00 GMT

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Aleko Tabatadze
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Eduard Shevardnadze
Guela Khvedelidzé
Irakli Garibachvili
Levan Kardava
Levan Mamaladze

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Irakli Beraia was appointed head of internal intelligence in April after almost a decade-long political career he had been building alongside Georgian strong man Bidzina Ivanishvili. National security chief Grigol Liluashvili also owes his career to the oligarch.

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Right: Grigol Liluashvili, head of the State Security Service of Georgia, and Irakli Beraia, director of the Georgian Intelligence Service. In the background, the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili.

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After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence.

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With its large cast of well-organised defenders and timid international support, the Saakashvili affair is a major headache for the Ukranian government, which is seeking to get the former Georgian president turned Ukrainian politician back to Kyiv as soon as possible.

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on 29 November 2021, during one of his trials in Tbilisi.

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Aleko Tabatadze
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Eduard Shevardnadze
Guela Khvedelidzé
Irakli Garibachvili
Levan Kardava
Levan Mamaladze

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