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Rustavi 2 (Georgian : რუსთავი 2, romanized:rustavi 2, "Rustavi ori") is a Georgian free-to-air television channel based in Tbilisi, that was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi (hence its name). It is an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union. Its news service has bureaus and regional reporters in major Georgian ...
The country hosts 40 TV stations, of which nine are in Tbilisi and 31 in the regions. Four stations have national coverage (Georgian Public Broadcaster Channel I, Imedi, Rustavi 2 and Ajara); three of them are Tbilisi-based. Viewers prefer Rustavi 2, followed by Imedi TV and GPB's First Channel.
Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV, a channel controlled by Saakashvili's government, linked his name with several notorious murders in Russia and Georgia, including the assassination of Vlad Listyev. A particular flash point with Saakashvili's government was Imedi's reporting of the 2006 murder of Sandro Girgvliani.
Rustavi was the last race track built in the USSR. Opened in 1978, the original Rustavi circuit was 2.510 miles (4.039 km) in length with a width of 18 metres (20 yd) at the start-finish straight, 14 metres (15 yd) in turns and 12 metres (13 yd) in straights. A karting track, automobile cross circuit and motorbike track were also included in ...
In 1996 and 1997 he worked as a political analyst with the independent TV Channel Rustavi 2. He is a long-time civil liberties activist, and became involved in civil liberties battles in 1991 as an active member of the student movement for Georgia's Liberation.
The 2010 Georgian news report hoax, also known as "Simulated Chronicle", was a fake news report aired by Georgian television station Imedi TV on 13 March 2010. The hoax, intended as a hypothetical pseudo-documentary, reported on the breakdown of Parliament and the deaths of several government officials, culminating in an invasion of Georgia by Russia.
In 2001, she moved to Rustavi 2 covering political news. [1] In 2008, she was a reporter during the Russian-Georgian War. [ 2 ] Since 2009, she has been an author and TV anchor of a Georgian Talk show called Nanuka Zhorzholiani's Show on Rustavi 2 , from 2019 show changed its name and moved to new channel, Mtavari Arkhi . [ 3 ]
Georgian TV Rustavi 2 reported that four Russian planes bombed Gori at 11:00 a.m. Tbilisi time on 8 August 2008. [10] The air attacks on other Human settlements in Georgia also took place and some of bombings were seen by journalists. The Georgian interior ministry forces were present in Gori. [5]