Vazha Tavberidze

The man behind Georgia’s pro-Putin turn

Founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili (Getty Images)

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Vazha Tavberidze

Vazha Tavberidze is a staff writer with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Georgian service. RFE/RL is a media organisation covering news in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East.

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