Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi

Abu Dhabi Group buys Georgian bank

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March 9, 2008 5:01 pm

Abu Dhabi Group has bought Georgian Standard Bank from the private equity group Salford Capital which was close to Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili who died last month.Salford capital is pleased ... Read more »

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Hundreds file past Georgian billionaire’s coffin

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February 26, 2008 6:42 pm

Hundreds of Georgians filed past the flower-strewn coffin of flamboyant billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili on Tuesday at his eccentric Soviet-era residence overlooking the capital Tbilisi. His residence is a bizarre Soviet ... Read more »

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Family to split tycoon’s estate

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10:50 am

The estate of Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili will be split in half between his wife and other family members, a spokesman has said. “Despite the ongoing investigation into the ... Read more »

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Georgian billionaire had severe heart disease, inquest told

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February 15, 2008 8:49 pm

The Georgian billionaire who collapsed and died at his Surrey mansion on Tuesday was suffering from severe heart disease, an inquest heard today. A coroner was told the health of ... Read more »

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Natural causes killed murder-fear tycoon

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February 14, 2008 2:37 pm

 Surrey Police spokeswoman said the interim results of a post-mortem examination carried out last night showed he died of natural causes. The spokeswoman said: “Following initial inquiries and the post ... Read more »

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U.K. to Perform Toxicology Tests on Patarkatsishvili

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1:55 pm

U.K. authorities will carry out toxicology tests on the body of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili after an initial postmortem suggested he died from natural causes.“At this stage there is no ... Read more »

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Mystery London death of Putin’s billionaire enemy who feared he was about to be murdered

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February 13, 2008 12:30 pm

 Surrey police are investigating and are currently treating his death as suspicious.He is thought to have died of a suspected heart attack and a post mortem will be carried out ... Read more »

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Georgian billionaire found dead in London

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12:18 pm

  Georgian opposition billionaire businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili has died in his house outside London of a heart attack, his spokesman said Wednesday.  Patarkatsishvili, 52, died overnight, Guga Kvitaishvili said. Patarkatsishvili ... Read more »

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Georgian court orders freeze of opposition billionaire’s assets

Filed under Investigations & Law, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
January 25, 2008 5:38 pm

A Georgian court ordered a freeze of the assets of Imedi television channel founded by opposition billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, the court’s press service said on Friday.Patarkatsishvili is wanted in the ... Read more »

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Businessman faces charges in Tbilisi

Filed under Investigations & Law, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
January 11, 2008 5:47 pm

Badri Patarkatsishvili, one of the richest businessmen in Georgia, was on Thursday officially charged by prosecutors in Tbilisi with conspiring to overthrow the government and of plotting a “terrorist act” ... Read more »

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Georgia’s Patarkatsishvili to stay in London during election

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
January 4, 2008 9:45 am

Georgian opposition candidate, billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili will stay in London during Saturday’s presidential election, his election headquarters’ spokesman said Friday.Patarkatsishvili, 52, a media magnate believed to spark protests against former ... Read more »

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Patarkatsishvili Back in Georgian Presidential Race

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
January 3, 2008 8:31 am

Badri Patarkatsishvili, a billionaire Georgian businessman, will resume his candidacy for president two days before voters go to the polls, spokesman Gocha Jojua told reporters.“I have decided to resume my ... Read more »

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Georgian candidate Patarkatsishvili offers police money to protect protesters

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
December 26, 2007 4:39 pm

Georgian presidential candidate billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili said that he had offered police a lot of money not to use force against protesters.  After the statement Georgian prosecutors accused him of ... Read more »

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Tycoon tells of plot to kill him in London

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
December 23, 2007 9:56 am

 businessman living in Britain fears he has been targeted in an assassination plot being planned in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgia’s richest man who is running for ... Read more »

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Georgia Drops Probe of Patarkatsishvili

Filed under Politics, Investigations & Law, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
December 20, 2007 8:08 pm

Georgian prosecutors said they had dropped a criminal investigation into a billionaire presidential candidate, indicating he can return to the ex-Soviet republic without fear of arrest ahead of the Jan. ... Read more »

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Fugitive billionaire set for Georgia presidential polls

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
November 27, 2007 12:29 pm

 fugitive Georgian tycoon, accused of organizing a coup attempt in Georgia, has applied to be registered as a candidate for early presidential elections January 5, election authorities said Monday.Badri Patarkatsishvili, ... Read more »

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Georgian billionaire may run against president

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
November 9, 2007 6:28 pm

A billionaire Georgian powerbroker says he is seriously considering running against President Mikhail Saakashvili in January’s election to prevent his country sliding into “dictatorship”.Badri Patarkatsishvili, who is accused by Georgian ... Read more »

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Murdoch strays into Georgian politics

Filed under Politics, Rupert Murdoch - News Corp, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
November 2, 2007 6:41 pm

News Corp, the global media empire headed by Rupert Murdoch, usually does its political homework before investing in a new market. But its recent intervention in Georgia, the former Soviet ... Read more »

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Georgian TV chief turns to Rupert Murdoch

Filed under Politics, Rupert Murdoch - News Corp, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
November 1, 2007 8:32 pm

 billionaire Georgian businessman, who is financing growing public opposition to President Mikheil Saakashvili, has turned to Rupert Murdoch, chairman of global media group News Corp, in an effort to protect ... Read more »

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Georgian Billionaire Funds Opponents of Saakashvili

Filed under Politics, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
October 29, 2007 3:12 pm

Georgian Billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili will fund the country’s growing political opposition, which is working to bring down President Mikheil Saakashvili.Patarkatsishvili, who has been linked to Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, announced ... Read more »

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