A Georgian oligarch's dream
by editors@theworld.org (Victor Swezey) from The World: Latest Stories on (#7449K)
In the Republic of Georgia, the country's wealthiest man isn't a politician, but he seems to be running the country anyway - as the mover and shaker behind the Georgian Dream party. A new podcast, "The Land In Between," chronicles the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili's rise to power from modest beginnings, and its implications for Georgia. Victor Swezey has the story from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.