Obieqtivi

Media Profiles

http://www.obieqtivi.net/

Address:

3-rd floor, #2 Kakabadzeebi street,Tbilisi, Georgia (Registered address); N3 Sobchaki street, Tbilisi, Georgia (Phisycal address).

Phone:

+995 32 2388105

Television Obieqtivi

The Media Union “Obieqtivi” was founded in August 2010. One of the founders was Irma Inashvili, Secretary General of “The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” party. Since 2014 she has not been involved in the channel’s management.

In 2016, Mamuka Gobechia was added to the governing body of the Media Union, while Tea Nadiradze left the board.

In 2015, Media Union “Obieqtivi” NNLE had its general television broadcasting canceled and in 2021, the license expired. Since 2022, “Obieqtivi” only uses a radio broadcasting license.

Notably, soon after Bondo Mdzinarishvili, one of the co-owners of the TV company and its host, distinguished for the use of hate speech, was elected as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster, he handed over his 14,25% share to one of the co-owners, Irakli Tsilikishvili. The reason for the changes was the requirements of the Georgian law on broadcasting, which regulates the issues of conflict of interests of the trustee. After this change, Irakli Tsilikishvili became the owner of the largest share of the TV company - 28.75%. He is also the only stable donor of the channel.

From 2010 to 2022, Irakli Tsilikishvili served as both a member and the chairman of the board of the Media Union “Obieqtivi”. In addition to “Obieqtivi,” he is the Director of “Amaltea”. “Amaltea” produces and sells dairy products.

Media Union “Obieqtivi” is infamous for its pro-Kremlin, xenophobic, homophobic, and anti-Western editorial policy. Beyond its rhetoric, the connections between Russia and “Obieqtivi”/“Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” have been confirmed by journalistic investigations. According to one such investigation, Russia supported the party during the 2020 pre-election campaign.

August 30, 2016 Present - Head of the Board: Irakli Tsilikishvili, Members of the Board: Soso Zaalishvili, Mamuka Gobechia, Zurab Gogishvili

October 9, 2014 - Head of the Board: Irakli Tsilikishvili, Members of the Board: Soso Zaalishvili, Tea Nadiradze, Zurab Gogishvili

June 18, 2014 - Head of the Board: Irakli Tsilikishvili, Members of the Board: Tea Nadiradze, Regan Teloiani, Zurab Gogishvili

August 2, 2010 - Head of the Board: Irakli Tsilikishvili, Members of the Board: Mamuka Gobechia, Irma Inashvili, Regan Teloiani

The 2022 income of “Obieqtivi” is 830,144.27 GEL, from which the owner’s donation was 305,742.00 GEL. In addition, the TV company received 438,442.32 GEL from advertising, and 85,960 GEL from donations from other people.

In 2022, the donation of Irakli Tsilikishvili, the owner of the Media Union “Obieqtivi”, was 305,742 GEL. In 2022, Irakli Tsilikishvili was the only stable donor among the owners.

Additionally, Davit Gvelukashvili, one of the donors of “Obieqtivi”, was also a donor of the pro-Kremlin “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” party. In 2016, donated 30 000 GEL to the “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia”, and in 2020, 50 000 GEL.

Media Union “Obieqtivi” pursues turkophobic, xenophobic, homophobic, and anti-Western editorial policy. “Obieqtivi” emphasizes the negative aspects of Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations and considers military neutrality as its alternative. The fact-checking platform “Myth Detector” has repeatedly exposed the disinformation voiced by “Obieqtivi.”

The connection between the “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” and Russia was confirmed by the Dossier Center, a Russian investigative project founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Kremlin critic. According to the investigation, Russia supported the “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” during the 2020 pre-election campaign.

In 2020, the Communications Commission warned “Obieqtivi” for exceeding the permissible duration of Russian-language programs and broadcasting without subtitles in the state language. In addition, the Commission ordered the removal of similar programs from the broadcast network.

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