Transparency International Georgia is accusing Razhden Kuprashvili, head of Georgia’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, of withholding the asset declaration of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party. According to the organization, Ivanishvili was legally obligated to submit a property declaration due to his brief formal status as a member of parliament following the 2024 elections.
“Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili had to fill out a property declaration at the end of 2024. This obligation arose due to his formal membership in parliament for a short time after the elections. However, the document is not available on the public declarations website, nor was it provided to us through a freedom of information request,” the organization said in a statement.
Transparency International notes that a similar legal obligation applied to former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, whose declaration is available online, raising questions about selective enforcement and transparency.
The organization accuses Kuprashvili of abusing his position, claiming he is targeting civil society while shielding politically influential figures like Ivanishvili.
“Razhden Kuprashvili, who has assumed the role of an executor of civil society repression, is illegally requesting the personal data of protected individuals from human rights organizations. Meanwhile, he is absolving Ivanishvili, who orchestrated these repressions, of the legal obligation to disclose assets and affiliations,” the statement reads.
Public scrutiny has been further exacerbated by the fact that Georgia’s official asset declaration portal was offline for six months, reportedly due to a “technical glitch.” The website was only reactivated in early June 2025, following mounting criticism.
Despite the Law on Combating Corruption, which obliges the Anti-Corruption Bureau to publish declarations, the organization has not performed this function since December 2024, significantly restricting public access to information.
Transparency International concludes that the bureau’s failure to publish Ivanishvili’s declaration, or confirm whether it was submitted at all, constitutes a serious breach of transparency standards and legal obligations.
