Tbilisi. Transparency International Georgia released a blog post - "Who Owns Georgia: Meet David Iakobashvili,
now in control of assets formerly owned by Dato Kezerashvili”.
"In the months following the October 2012 parliamentary elections, David Iakobashvili, a Tbilisi-born, Russia-based businessman with a Swedish passport, has acquired several advertising and energy companies that, we believe, were previously controlled by former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashivli (through offshore shell companies).Iakobashvili has apparently been Kezerashvili’s business partner in several energy companies since 2011. Due to the fact that these holdings were through anonymous offshore shell entities and because of his very low public profile in Georgia, Iakobashvili’s involvement only became publicly known after the change of government, when he stepped up his activities", says the blog post.
Source:transparency.ge