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Georgia's billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili owns a private park where baobab trees shipped from Kenya were taken. [File, Standard]
The man who is today the object of political aggression in Georgia is a Kremlin-backed oligarch with an eerie connection to drama around shipping of Kenya's baobab trees two years ago to Georgia. The Standard has learned.
Our sources in Georgia say Georgian national George Gvasalia a 38-year-old billionaire who bought ten Baobab trees from Kilifi had them transferred to a private park owned by the man oiling Georgia’s ruling party Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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