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Anti-Saakashvili protester in Tbilisi. Imedi used to be the movement's main media outlet (Photo: gipajournos)

Battle for Georgian billions comes to EU capital

US public relations firm APCO has begun lobbying EU institutions over the ownership of a Georgian TV station, in a case linking curious events in London, Tbilisi and Minsk.

Inna Gudavadze, the widow of Georgian oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili, has hired the PR company to help create political pressure around her legal battle to secure her late husband's assets.

In May, Ms Gudavadze's lawyers met in Brussels with the EU's special representative for Georgia and with senior officials...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Anti-Saakashvili protester in Tbilisi. Imedi used to be the movement's main media outlet (Photo: gipajournos)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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