Georgia
Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili tightens control of Georgian intelligence

Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, gives a speech during a gathering at the party's headquarters, in Tbilisi, 26 October 2024.
Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, gives a speech during a gathering at the party's headquarters, in Tbilisi, 26 October 2024. © Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP
The recent appointment of Mamouka Mdinaradzé to head Georgia's National Security Service bears the hallmarks of oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. Beyond imposing one of his loyalists in a key government position, the country's de facto ruler is sending a signal by reorganising his inner circle. [...]
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