Tbilisi, May 29, 2025 (AFP) - Jailed ex-aide to Georgia kingpin claims he was snatched abroad

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2025-05-29

An ex-aide to Georgia's powerful tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Thursday that he had been snatched while abroad, forcibly flown back to Georgia, and arrested on his former boss's orders. Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Ivanishvili's Co-Investment Fund, fled Georgia in March amid mounting legal troubles following a falling out with the country's most powerful man. The case has intensified scrutiny of the role of Ivanishvili -- who wiel......

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