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'Putin's puppet': Who is billionaire oligarch behind Georgia unrest?

Sky News Monday, 13 May 2024
He is the puppet master of Georgian politics - a man of fabulous wealth and extraordinary power. 
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Georgia (country) Georgia (country) Country straddling Eastern Europe and West Asia in the Caucasus

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