![]() In recent months, they have seen no progress in the investigation of their case, Dvali and Akimidze say. “We will continue fighting to regain our shares in Rustavi 2 which by law belongs to us and was illegally taken from us in 2004,” Dvali recently told TI Georgia. Shortly after the parliamentary elections in October 2012, Davit Dvali and Jarji Akimidze, who had founded Rustavi 2 in 1994 together with Erosi Kitsmarishvili, said they were initiating a court case to reclaim the station. Rustavi 2 is now the only major channel that is largely perceived to be close to the opposition: in a recent NDI/CRRC poll, 47% of respondents said the station’s programming reflected the interests of the UNM. ![]() Today, the ownership of the country’s largest private media outlet – last year, it reported revenues of GEL 30.7 million and accounted for about 32 out of every 100 minutes Georgians spend in front of their TV set – remains disputed.īetween 20, Rustavi 2 changed owners approximately 20 times, often in controversial deals that had a political flavor, involving people with close links to President Mikheil Saakashvili and to officials of the United National Movement-led government. Rustavi 2 has been at the center of Georgian politics and shaping public perceptions for more than a decade.
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