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Nino Melikishvili
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Nino is an investigative journalist from Georgia. Her professional interests include fake news, disinformation, and Abuse of power by government officials in Georgia and other post-soviet countries.
The secret to getting state contracts in Dusheti Municipality — family relationships
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The secret to getting state contracts in Dusheti Municipality — family relationships

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In Dusheti, a town 60 km north of the capital of Georgia, family comes first. An OC Media investigation has uncovered that time and again, from food provision to construction, a number of government tenders have gone to close relatives of officials in the city administration.   Meet Giorgi Aslamazashvili, Dusheti’s favourite doctor.   Today he is a politician — a member of the governing Georgian Dream party. He serves on the Dusheti Municipal Council (sakrebulo), chairing the council’s Co

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