![]() The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled back in July that there had been no breach of legalities in the Rustavi 2 ownership dispute in Georgia, where the Supreme Court of the country earlier ruled that the channel belonged to former owner Kibar Khalvashi. ![]() Journalists who have not yet been touched by the personnel changes have gone on strike. “We fought, but Ivanishvili has finally occupied the television channel”, they said while saying farewell to viewers. They had worked at Rustavi 2 for 13 years. Of their own initiative, the presenters of Kurieri quit while on the air. ![]() The day before, on August 20, leading producers and journalists were fired from the channel. ![]() Instead of the news, viewers saw a black and white Georgian short film. The audience of Georgian opposition-minded TV channel Rustavi 2 was in for a surprise this afternoon when it turned on the television at 12:00 to watch Kurieri – the channel’s main news programme. ![]()
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