Badri Patarkatsishvili

Badri Patarkatsishvili (Georgian: ბადრი პატარკაციშვილი , Russian: Бадри Шалвович Патаркацишвили; born October 31, 1955 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian businessman, one of the richest men in Georgia, billionaire who started out his political career and made his important future contacts in the communist youth organisation, the Komsomol. He is the chairman of the Georgian Olympic Committee and the sports team Dinamo Tbilisi. He has been closely associated with Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky since the very beginning of the 1990s. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 774 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 620 pixels, file size: 86 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 774 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 620 pixels, file size: 86 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Location of Tbilisi in Georgia Coordinates: , Country Georgia Established c. ... Komsomol (Комсомол) is a syllabic abbreviation word, from the Russian Kommunisticheski Soyuz Molodiozhi (Коммунистический союз молодёжи), or Communist... Dinamo Tbilisi FC is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. ... Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term business magnate. The choice of the word oligarch denotes the significant influence such wealthy individuals may have on the life of a nation. ... This article is about the Russian businessman. ...

In 1992, he became a deputy Director General of LogoVAZ. In 1994, as he had moved to Moscow, he was appointed a First Deputy Director of it. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...

In January 1995, Patarkatsishvili was appointed First Deputy Director General of the Russian ORT TV channel for Finance. In March – May 2001, he was the Director General of the Russian TV6 channel. Channel One (Russian: ; IPA: ) is one of Russias most highly rated TV channels, and the one with the widest reception area. ... TV6 was a commercial television station in Russia that began functioning in 1993. ...

In 2001, he moved to Georgia.

In June 2001, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office charged him with organizing an attempted escape from prison of Nikolay Glushkov, and in October 2002 – by default with an alleged grand fraud related to the AvtoVAZ case. In August 2006, Patarkatsishvili sold his 100% share of the Russian Kommersant editorial house to Alisher Usmanov. Coat of Arms of the Prosecutor General of Russia The Prosecutor General of Russia (also Attorney General of Russia, Russian: ) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation (Генеральная прокуратура Российской Федерации). The Office of the Prosecutor General is entrusted with: prosecution in... Nikolay Glushkov is a former Deputy Director-General of Aeroflot. ... VAZ-21122 VAZ-21093 VAZ-21073 VAZ-2103 AvtoVAZ (RTS:AVAZ)(Russian: ) is a Russian automobile manufacturer, also known as VAZ, Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod (ВАЗ, Во́лжский автомоби́льный заво́д ), and better known to the world as Lada was set up in the late 1960s in collaboration with Fiat. ... Kommersant (Cyrillic: Коммерса́нтъ) (which literally translates as The Businessman) is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Russia. ... Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov Алишер Бурханович Усманов (born 9 September 1953, Chusta, Namangan Region, Uzbekistan) is a billionare Russian oligarch. ...

Recently he has been reported to be linked to the purchase of West Ham United, an English Premier League football (soccer) team. He was also rumored to be linked to MSI (Media Sports Investment) investment group, which has a partnership with the Brazilian football club Corinthians; MSI is suspected of money laundering in Brasil. The West Ham United Crest West Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Media Sports Investment is the international fund of investors that runs Brazilian football (soccer) club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. ... Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is a Brazilian sports club, based in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, most known for its football team, is a traditional and popular Brazilian football club. ...

In late 2007, he became embroiled in a major political scandal. On September 25, 2007, Irakli Okruashvili, ex-defense minister of Georgia, accused Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, of planning the murder of Patarkatsishvili. After his arrest on charges of corruption, however, Okruashvili retracted his accusations against the president, winning release on bail of 10 million Georgian lari. He also said that his earlier accusations levelled against Saakashvili were not true and were aimed at gaining political dividends for himself and Badri Patarkatsishvili and at discrediting the President of Georgia.^[1][2] is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Irakli Okhruashvili (born in 1973 in Tskhinvali, Georgia) has served as the Deputy Minister of Justice, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, Defense Minister, and most recently was appointed as the Minister for Economic Development before his resignation after one week from the appointment. ... Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: ) (born December 21, 1967) is a Georgian politician and the current President of Georgia. ... The President of Georgia (ge: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი) is the head of the state and commander-in-chief of Georgia. ... Georgian 1 lari Georgian 2 lari Georgian 5 lari Georgian 10 lari Georgian 50 lari Georgian 100 lari The lari (Georgian: ლარი ; ISO 4217:GEL) is the national currency of Georgia. ...

On October 9, 2007, Georgian National Olympic Committee (GNOC) overwhelmingly voted for impeaching its president, Badri Patarkatsishvili.^[3] He also quit as a president of Georgian Business Federation. Georgian officials turned largely vocal about Patarkatsishvili's murky past. Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV alleged that Patarkatsishvili's name was linked to several notorious murders in Russia and Georgia, including the assassinations of Vlad Listyev. is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Vlad Listyev on Chas Pik (The Rush Hour) in 1995. ...

On October 29, 2007, he publicly announced about his plans to finance ten opposition parties' campaign aimed at holding parliamentary elections in April, instead of late 2008.^[4] On November 2, 2007, he addressed a large anti-government rally held in downtown Tbilisi and pledged to further support it.^[5] He left Georgia for London shortly afterwards. After the demonstration turned violent on November 7, 2007, Georgia's Chief Prosecutor's Office announed him to be suspected of conspiracy to overthrow the government.^[6] Nevertheless, he said he would run in the January 5, 2008 snap presidential elections under the slogan "Georgia without Saakashvili is Georgia without Terror."^[7] However, the leaders of major opposition parties have so far distanced themselves from any plans to nominate Patarkatsishvili as their presidential candidate.^[8] is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The 2007 Georgian demonstrations involved up to 50,000 [1] people in Tbilisi protesting against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikhail Saakashvili and the detention of Georgian politician Irakly Okruashvili on charges of extortion, money laundering, and abuse of office during his tenure as defense minister of the country. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Presidential elections will be held in Georgia on 5 January 2008,[1] having been brought forward by President Mikhail Saakashvili after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations from the original date in autumn 2008. ... Mikhail Saakashvili briefing the press at UN headquarters Mikhail Saakashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ სააკაშვილი) (born Thursday, December 21, 1967), Georgian jurist and politician, is the President of Georgia. ...

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