#RUSTAVI 2 LIVE KURIERI TV#
We fought, but today Ivanishvili finally occupied the TV channel”, she said.Ī European Court of Human Rights ruling back in mid-July effectively allowed for the transfer of 100% of the shares of Rustavi 2 to businessman Kibar Khalvashi, who is close to the current ruling party. I, Diana Jojua, who was expelled by the Kremlin from Abkhazia, cannot sit on the air of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the main Kremlin employee in this country. “I wish everyone success, including those who still think that they will be able to maintain their freedom on the Ivanishvili Bidzina TV channel. In her emotional statement, Diana Jojua, who had worked as the host of Kurieri for 13 years, stated that she could not stay on a TV channel that belonged to Bidzina Ivanishvili: Later, on the evening of the same day at 21:00, when the main news programme Kurieri began, anchors Diana Jojua and Misha Sesiashvili said goodbye to viewers and said that they were leaving the television company. “These people are not interested in ‘Rustavi 2’, they want a specific person to manage the channel – Mikheil Saakashvili,” Salia said. Salia claimed they are supporting and taking part in the creation of a new channel announced by former director general of Rustavi 2, Nika Gvaramia. The anchor of a political talk show Eka Kvesitadze, the anchor of entertainment programme Nanuka’s Show Nanuka Jorjoliani, the producer of political programmes Giorgi Laperashvili, and the now infamous Giorgi Gabunia, the author of the social and political programme Post Scriptum, who cursed at Russian President Vladimir Putin during a live show.Īt a press conference, Salia said the reason for the dismissal of The journalists was a “conflict of interest”, and that the journalists fired make statements on social media which contradict the charter of Rustavi 2. Salia fired the head of the information service of the television company Nodar Meladze, as well as several leading journalists and producers of the channel yesterday.
The new general director of opposition-minded television channel Rustavi 2, Paata Salia, has begun firing personnel en masse.
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