Bidzina Ivanishvili – the shadowy billionaire behind Georgia’s ruling party

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Who is the shadowy billionaire, Bidzina Ivanishvili, behind the ruling Georgian Dream party – which claimed victory in Saturday’s contested election? Emerald Maxwell takes a look at Georgia’s richest man and one-time pro-Western Prime Minister, whose party has drifted towards Russia since the war in Ukraine, while becoming increasingly authoritarian.

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