Archil Gorduladze - Everyone was lying when they called Giorgi Bachiashvili a political prisoner, including the BBC representatives who lied in that film, where his name was used in the context of a "political prisoner"
Everyone was lying when they called Giorgi Bachiashvili a political prisoner, including the BBC representatives who lied in that film, where his name was used in the context of a "political prisoner,” - Archil Gorduladze, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Issues, stated when speaking about the release of Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund.
According to him, after Bachiashvili became convinced that escaping responsibility was unthinkable, he fully cooperated with the investigation and, accordingly, measures provided for by law were towards against him.
“Representatives of the "deep state" always have a desire to present specific criminal cases as political cases and then use this for their own dark purposes. This is precisely the case when such a story was made about one specific criminal case. Everyone was lying, everyone was lying when calling Bachiashvili a political prisoner, including representatives of the BBC who lied in that film, where his name was used in the context of a "political prisoner". This emphasizes that the BBC film is full of disinformation and was used only as a basis for an attack on our country," Gorduladze said.
For information, Giorgi Bachiashvili, left the penitentiary on February 18. The prosecutor's office says that Bachiashvili pleaded guilty to all criminal charges, paid damages, and signed a plea agreement.
The State Security Service arrested Giorgi Bachiashvili in May 2025. Bachiashvili was convicted of embezzling cryptocurrency from Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian Dream. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in this case.
Bachiashvili was also convicted in another case involving illegal crossing of the state border. He was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison.
Giorgi Bachiashvili was also charged in the Mtkvari HPP case under Article 2201, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which refers to failure to perform or improper performance of official duties by a person with special authority, which resulted in serious consequences. The charge provides for a sentence of 2 to 5 years in prison.
