Tbilisi. The Economic Policy Research Center has published a new report titled "Exposing Cases of Elite Corruption and State Pressure on Business". The report was released on December 18. It describes main characteristics of elite corruption, court practice and the specific examples. Non-targeted spending of public funds and the tendencies to abuse official powers by the persons employed in public service are the main signs of elite corruption. Examples similar to elite corruption leader to the state favoritism and internal deals with the individual business representatives. Such deals are attested by the absence of competition in Georgia, unequal treatment of business representatives, as well as the imposition of fines and unequal administration of the court cases, which was exposed during the research at the example of concrete cases.

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