Mtavari Channel Statement

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia has entered the premises of the TV company “Mtavari Channel” and its contracted sales house. The prosecution has requested the full seizure of financial documentation related to the channel. The relevant ruling was delivered today to both the TV company and the sales house.

The investigation was initiated following a complaint filed by Gogi Kurdadze, the director appointed by Zaza Okuashvili, one of the co-founders of “Mtavari Channel.” In his complaint, Kurdadze accuses the channel’s management and co-founders of financial misconduct.

As we stated in the autumn of last year, Zaza Okuashvili has been making false and unfounded accusations against the channel’s management and co-founders, thereby effectively advancing the interests of the Russian regime.
Unfortunately, the Georgian Dream party succeeded in achieving its goal of shutting down the country’s leading critical media outlet with the help of Zaza Okuashvili. However, it appears that the pressure on Mtavari Channel did not stop there. The regime is once again attempting to take revenge on the channel’s management and other co-founders, this time using Okuashvili’s defamatory claims as a pretext.

There is no criminal wrongdoing in the financial operations of Mtavari Channel, and an impartial prosecutor’s office would not have even initiated an investigation based on Kurdadze’s complaint, as the absurdity of the accusations made by Okuashvili’s appointed director is self-evident. However, we all understand that the Georgian Dream is not interested in establishing the truth, but rather in pursuing its own political agenda.