When Saakashvili came to power, hard times came for journalists accustomed to criticizing the authorities.
However, after the “Rose Revolution” and Saakashvili’s victory in the presidential election, a completely new stage began in the life of the television company. In 2003, the television company played a huge role in overthrowing Shevardnadze’s government through the Rose Revolution, as a result of which the third Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power.Īt that time, the channel reached its peak of popularity.Īfter the Rose Revolution, the station was called the ‘TV channel of the victorious people.’ Afterwards, Rustavi 2 were frequently stopped on the streets, and thanked for their work. The television station has a loyal audience, and has been historically critical of the authorities, which is why numerous governments have tried to shut it down. Journalists of the television company at the time were almost public heroes – they denounced officials, broadcast critical reports about corruption in the highest echelons – nothing went unnoticed. In the era of corruption of Shevardnadze, Rustavi 2 was the only opposition channel that broadcast throughout Georgia. Rustavi 2 turned 25 years old on June 1, 2019: it was founded in 1994 in the industrial city of Rustavi by university friends – David Dvali, Dzhardzhi Akimidze and Erosi Kitsmarishvili.
JAMnews offers the complicated history of the channel, which is almost as old as independent Georgia itself. Even those critical of the channel and its editorial policy acknowledge this. Rustavi 2 has a special role in the modern history of Georgi. Its ruling effectively gave the green light for 100 per cent of the company’ shares to be transferred to Khalvashi. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled back in July that there had been no breach of legalities in the Rustavi 2 ownership dispute in Georgia, where the Supreme Court of the country earlier ruled that the channel belonged to former owner Kibar Khalvashi. Journalists who have not yet been touched by the personnel changes have gone on strike. “We fought, but Ivanishvili has finally occupied the television channel”, they said while saying farewell to viewers. They had worked at Rustavi 2 for 13 years. Of their own initiative, the presenters of Kurieri quit while on the air. The day before, on August 20, leading producers and journalists were fired from the channel. Instead of the news, viewers saw a black and white Georgian short film.
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The audience of Georgian opposition-minded TV channel Rustavi 2 was in for a surprise this afternoon when it turned on the television at 12:00 to watch Kurieri – the channel’s main news programme.
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