A biography for Bidzina Ivanishvilihasn’t been written yet.
“My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.”
“With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.”
“The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia.”
“I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.”
“I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.”
“In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed in it. They were completely different people, and I found it very difficult psychologically.”