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The GeoMedia group is a relatively obscure company registered in the Marshall Islands. Davit Bezhuashvili, is a founding member of the group. GIG, which owns a 45% share of both stations, is a large company with diversified business interests ranging from coal mining and energy to travel.

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In mid-2006 Rustavi 2, the television company Mze TV and radio station Pirveli Stereo merged into a holding which is currently owned by the Georgian Industrial Group (GIG) and GeoMedia Group. In July 2004, 90% of the company's shares was bought by the Batumi-based businessman Kibar Khalvashi, who was forced by then president Mikheil Saakashvili to sell the company, in January 2006, to David Bezhuashvili, member of the Parliament of Georgia and brother of Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili. Rustavi 2 was originally owned by Erosi Kitsmarishvili, David Dvali, Jarji Akimidze and Nika Tabatadze.

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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. often reports on various international events related to Georgia. is a weekly analytical and educational summarizing program, which focuses on politics, economics and social problems the project also covers topical cultural issues. The program offers in-depth reporting and critical analysis of major business issues today with an emphasis on current events, business development, market outlooks, and emerging opportunities. David Kikalishvili presents 'P.S.' every Sunday at 21:00.įrom 2006 new television season Rustavi 2 airs Business Courier. The daytime news was anchored by Ana Kinkladze, Keti Kvachantiradze and Natia Goksadze.ĭiana Jojua and Zaal Udumashvili anchor the evening news at 18:00 and 21:00, including sports with Dimitri Oboladze. The news program Courier has aired since the foundation of Rustavi 2 and has become one of the most successful news programs in Georgia. Third and current logo used from Decemto July 8, 2019 On July 18, 2019, he was replaced by Paata Salia, who is the lawyer of Kibar Khalvashi, current owner of the channel. On December 14, 2012, Nika Gvaramia was appointed as the general director of the channel. On 25 December 2009, to celebrate its 15th anniversary, Rustavi 2 adopted a new logo during its Christmas special. Rustavi 2 was the main mass media source used as a tribune by the opposition leaders during the Rose Revolution in November 2003.

By 15 March 2003, to coincide with the launch of its sister channel Imedi TV, Rustavi 2 introduced a new logo which consists of a zig-zagged abstract 2-numeral that is coloured bronze and are made up of gradient effects. In October 2001, the security police raid on R2 office resulted in public anger and subsequent mass street demonstrations against the government's pressure on independent media forced Eduard Shevardnadze to fire his entire cabinet.

It has been considered by many as a political murder related with his programme 'Night Courier' and investigations of allegations of official corruption. Giorgi Sanaia, Georgia’s most popular TV journalist, who worked for R2, was murdered in July 2001. The Georgian authorities made several attempts to shut R2 down.

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The channel shut down due to allegedly losing its license a year later. It was formed in 1994 and had been in a strong opposition to Eduard Shevardnadze’s government since then. The independence of the channel was questioned in recent years, with many suggesting that it was biased in favor of the former ruling party UNM. Its news service has bureaus and regional reporters in major Georgian cities ( Kutaisi, Batumi, Gori, Poti, Zugdidi), as well as the permanent correspondents in Washington D.C., Brussels and Moscow. It is an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union. Rustavi 2 ( Georgian: რუსთავი 2, romanized: rustavi 2, 'Rustavi ori') is a Georgian free-to-air television channel based in Tbilisi, that was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi (hence its name).