Transparency International Georgia has accused Razhden Kuprashvili, head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), of hiding billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s mandatory asset declaration. Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, was legally required to submit the declaration following his brief formal membership in parliament after the 2024 elections.
The organization pointed out that Ivanishvili’s property declaration is absent from the public asset portal and was not provided within the scope of freedom of information requests. This contradicts with former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili whose declaration is publicly available.
Transparency International accused Kuprashvili of misusing his position by targeting civil society organizations with intrusive data demands while allegedly protecting politically influential figures like Ivanishvili from legal accountability.
Since December 2024, the ACB has failed to publish asset declarations as mandated by the Law on Combating Corruption, severely limiting public access to crucial transparency data. Notably, Georgia’s official asset declaration website was offline for six months due to a reported ‘technical glitch, only resuming operation in June 2025 amid mounting criticism. Such cases naturally add to the public concern.
The watchdog warns that the bureau’s failure to confirm or publish Ivanishvili’s asset declaration represents a serious breach of transparency standards and legal obligations.
