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 The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Badri Patarkatsishvili and his allies are “plague” and “devil” and the country should “get rid of them,” Gigi Ugulava, the mayor of Tbilisi, said on December 24.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, MP Valery Gelbakhiani, who is chief of presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili’s campaign headquarters, is suspected of conspiracy to overthrow the government, Nika Gvaramia, the deputy chief prosecutor, said on December 24.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, Imedi TV said on December 23 it had commissioned, as it put it, “European foundation Dialogue for Development of Democracy” for conducting exit polls on the January 5 early presidential elections.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, a man discussing business tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili’s assassination plot with alleged Chechen warlord is a former Interior Ministry official Gia Dgebuadze, with nickname ‘mastera,’ the Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV reported on December 23.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court turned down an appeal by an election watchdog group late on December 22 and refused to strip Mikheil Saakashvili and Badri Patarkatsishvili of their presidential candidacy status for alleged attempt to

The FINANCIAL -- Azerbaijani investors are very active in various fields of Georgian economy, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told APA Bureau.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, televised campaign broadcasts for candidates in Georgia's upcoming January 5 presidential elections began on December 17, national media reported.

The FINANCIAL — According to Georgian news agency "Pirveli", Leader of the “Justifiability” party, Security ex -Minister Igor Giorgadze estimates integrating to NATO to be just damageable for Georgia, in his interview with Russian online magazine “Profile”   “Integrating to NATO will

The FINANCIAL -- Russia will carry out a planned rotation of its peacekeepers in the Abkhaz conflict zone on December 17-23, Apsnypress news agency reported.

The FINANCIAL -- According to news agency "Pirveli", incident between the supporters and opponents of ex- President and presidency candidate Mikheil Saakashvili took place in Israel.