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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 Caucasus state for allegedly plotting a coup. The businessman has denied the accusation although admitted offering a large sum of money to a senior interior [...]

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� against a top official.
The charges come days after Mikheil Saakashvili, the pro-western president, won re-election in a snap poll, defeating Mr Patarkatsishvili and five other [...]

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 President Mikheil Saakashvili in November, said Thursday he would still run for president at the January 5 election despite his earlier announcement to pull out [...]

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 pre-election campaign in Georgia,� Patarkatsishvili said in a written statement broadcast on the television station sent by him to his campaign headquarters. Patarkatsishvili announced on [...]

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 conspiring to overthrow the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili.
Patarkatsishvili was planning mass demonstrations the day after the Jan. 5 presidential election and had offered Erekle Kodua, [...]