Mr. Ivanishvili is absolutely put up with the fact that neither the funds related to the Credit Suisse case nor the funds accumulated in Julius Baer will be made available to him and his family members. Again and again, taking into account political persecution and blackmail, Mr. Ivanishvili and his family continue to protect the peace and economic stability of our country on the one hand, and to engage in charitable activities on the other, without these funds, - Temo Tsikvadze, the lawyer of the Honorary Chairman of the Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, states.

As stated in the statement released by Tsikvadze on social media, Bidzina Ivanishvili did not even know that the final decision was planned to be made on November 24 and learned about it from the public space.

“For the past few days, opposition representatives and specific media outlets have been speculating on a topic related to the court hearing scheduled for November 24 in London. In particular, on this very day, the third, final instance of the Bermuda dispute will announce its decision on Bidzina Ivanishvili’s lawsuit, which has been ongoing for several years and all previous disputes have ended with our victory.

To be honest, we were not going to make any kind of statement or explanation on this topic at all, regardless of the outcome of the legal dispute, but since politicians have turned the topic into a subject of political debate, we decided to briefly remind the Georgian public of the vicissitudes of the issue once again, since the thuggish racketeering committed against Bidzina Ivanishvili is unprecedented and a classic example of using financial leverage for political persecution.

The actions of foreign special services, the so-called “deep state,” against Mr. Ivanishvili political persecution began in 2008. This was the time when the previous government, the National Movement, rigged the elections and seized power, which is why Bidzina Ivanishvili completely distanced himself from this political force. This decision was categorically unacceptable to the external patrons of the previous government, which is why they deliberately began to destroy the financial accounts located in Switzerland.

They easily recruited a specific person, a personal banker working at “Credit Suisse”, Patrice Lescudron, through whose hands Mr. Ivanishvili’s accounts were robbed, and years later this person was found hanging from a tree in the forest, and the fact was classified as suicide and the case was closed. The special services brought the matter to the point that in the process of political persecution of Bidzina Ivanishvili, they completely destroyed the prestige of the Swiss banking system, and at one time they brought the world’s number one bank “Credit Suisse” to bankruptcy.

The legal disputes we have been conducting have been going on for more than 10 years. It should be noted that the case, based on its content, is unprecedentedly simple - the entire system is at the mercy of one person's deliberate scheme of robbery. We managed to win the dispute in Singapore, we also won in two instances in Bermuda, and now the third and highest instance will announce the decision on this case.

In parallel with the legal disputes, the political persecution of Bidzina Ivanishvili has been reaching new heights of absurdity over time, which ultimately ended with the previous US administration imposing sanctions on him in Georgia under the pretext of pursuing "Russian interests". It is clear that the informal rulers, the same “deep state”, clearly have difficulty controlling the judicial system and processes, especially when there is not even a single question mark in the case, but they have many other levers at their disposal, including the sanctions I mentioned.

In addition to the fact that no one from the previous American administration explained exactly why they imposed the sanction, what the “Russian interest” was that Mr. Ivanishvili had in Georgia, the unfounded, unprovoked sanction was applied to the very amount of money, the decision on which will be announced in London on November 24. This is one of the two large assets that Mr. Ivanishvili has abroad. The imposition of sanctions on the amount that my attorney has not yet finally returned through legal means was a simple message to us - “You may win the court, but we will still decide on the issue of returning the asset”!

There is another, even more cynical and white-collar case in Switzerland controlled by special services, namely the Julius Baer bank. Despite the fact that the sanctions imposed by the previous US administration have nothing to do with this amount, the bank hooliganly froze both Mr. Ivanishvili’s assets and restricted his wife and children from accessing the money. And if in the case of Bidzina Ivanishvili the Swiss bank uses American sanctions as an absurd but still pretext, it says nothing about why it has frozen the funds of his wife and children. The special services of the previous administration could not sanction Mr. Ivanishvili’s wife and children for “pursuing Russian interests,” because this would be an offense even for the “deep state,” but where it is difficult to find formal reasons, they resort to crude, thuggish methods.

This is a very brief overview of the processes that have been going on for years and which have created before our eyes an unprecedented example of persecution, robbery, and blackmail of a person simply because he put Georgia’s national interests above all else and did not become an executor of the instructions of the special services, the same “deep state.” To put aside other examples, the US President, Donald Trump, directly admits that the previous administration was run entirely by individuals with informal influence, while he himself is fighting against these forces with a sword. The sanctions imposed on Bidzina Ivanishvili were also imposed by these informal rulers, and in this regard, Trump’s decision will actually be one of the indicators for us of whether the president’s fight against the “deep state” is real or not.

As for the speculations of the opposition and the media controlled by them about the final court hearing scheduled in London, the seized funds, and the alleged additional sanctions expected from Britain, it is unclear what joy these bankrupt forces are having. Bidzina Ivanishvili knows exactly that whatever the results of the court will be - and we will probably win the third instance following the two instances - these funds will not be returned anyway.

We also declare to the public with confidence and full responsibility that our side was even unaware that the final decision was planned to be made on November 24, which we learned from the public. The main reason for this is that Mr. Ivanishvili is absolutely ready for the fact that neither the funds related to the Credit Suisse case nor the funds accumulated in Julius Baer (Mr. Ivanishvili no longer even corresponds with the aforementioned bank regarding their illegal actions) will be forfeited to him and his family members. Again, taking into account political persecution and blackmail.

Even without these funds, Mr. Ivanishvili and his family continue to protect the peace and economic stability of our country on the one hand, and to engage in charitable activities on the other hand,” said Temo Tsikvadze.