Appendix: List of Interviews

Summary

Georgia

Akaki Gogichaishvili—anchor/producer of the investigative television program 60 Minutes, Rustavi 2

Ana Natsvlishvili—head of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

Avtandil Demetrashvili—first president of the Constitutional Court, 1996-2001; secretary of the State Constitutional Commission, 1993-1995; chairman of the State Constitutional Commission, 2009

Batu Kutelia—former Georgian ambassador to the United States of America, former deputy minister of defense of Georgia and former deputy secretary of Georgia's National Security Council

Davit Paitchadze—TV and radio journalist, Georgian Public Broadcasting; professor of media studies at Ilia State University

Davit Sikharulidze—former defense minister of Georgia, former Georgian ambassador to the United States of America

Davit Tevzadze—former defense minister of Georgia

Davit Usupashvili—former chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, former chairperson of the Republican Party, cofounder of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

Dimitri Sadzaglishvili—Rustavi 2 lawyer

Elene Khoshtaria—former first deputy state minister of Georgia on European and Euro–Atlantic integration, cofounder of the nongovernmental organization GRASS

Giga Bokeria—former secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia, cofounder of Liberty Institute, deputy foreign minister of Georgia

Giorgi Targamadze—political director of the TV company IMEDI, author and anchor of the analytic program Droeba, former leader of the Christian–Democratic Movement of Georgia

Giorgi Tugushi—former public defender of Georgia and former minister of corrections and legal assistance of Georgia Gocha Tskitishvili—Director of the Institute for Polling and Marketing Ia Antadze—head of the Civil Development Institute Board, media expert and journalist for Radio Liberty and GDS

Inga Grigolia—anchor of various political talk shows and news program, including TV Imedi, TV Mze, Rustavi 2, First State Channel (currently Georgian Public Broadcasting), and TV Pirveli

Irakli Menagarishvili—former foreign minister of Georgia

Irma Inashvili—journalist who released the notorious prison tapes before the elections of 2012, deputy chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia

Lasha Natsvlishvili—former deputy security minister, deputy interior minister, deputy chief prosecutor of Georgia and member of the Parliament of Georgia from the Republican Party

Levan Dolidze—former ambassador of Georgia to NATO, former first deputy defense minister of Georgia, and current director of the Georgian Centre for Security and Development