{"id":3876,"date":"2012-10-05T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2014-07-17T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:52:10","slug":"bidzina-ivanishvili-and-the-elections-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/bidzina-ivanishvili-and-the-elections-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Elections in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em><strong>\u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442!<\/strong> [Hello all!] I have been very, very busy recently \u2013\u00a0since I want <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0430\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0443<\/strong> [to apply to graduate school], I have been madly working on my essays, writing samples, and taking the GRE, the exam that applicants to many American graduate schools need to take. The good news: I have managed to get a lot of my work done. The bad news: there&#8217;s still so much more to do. But enough about me \u2013\u00a0<strong>\u0434\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e-\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/strong> [let&#8217;s speak Russian]. Note: the photo above is a screenshot of a video in Russian with English subtitles. Unfortunately I could not embed the video on this post. Please click on the photo or <a href=\"http:\/\/pik.tv\/en\/news\/story\/21611-ivanishvilis-interview-with-reuters\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to go to the webpage and watch it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you <strong>\u0447\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> [read the news every day], you probably have seen that elections were recently held <strong>\u0432 \u0413\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0437\u0438\u0438<\/strong> [in Georgia]. The political party <strong>\u0413\u0440\u0443\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0447\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> [Georgian Dream] won in these elections. Many observers did not predict this. Since these were <strong>\u043f\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b<\/strong> [parliamentary elections], <strong>\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0421\u0430\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0448\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438<\/strong> [Mikhail Saakashvili] will remain the president for the time being. But Georgia may very well have a new leader as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>This new leader would be <strong>\u0411\u0438\u0434\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438<\/strong> [Bidzina Ivanishvili]. The question recently has been: <strong>\u0442\u0430\u043a \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0411\u0438\u0434\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438?<\/strong> [But who is Bidzina Ivanishvili?] From what I can tell, he has not been a very prominent figure in the public eye. <strong>\u0421 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span><\/strong> [Since the first of October], I have been reading about him and I will share what I have learned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0411\u0438\u0434\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f 18 (\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> 1956 (\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442 \u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e) \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span> \u0427\u043e\u0440\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/strong> [Bidzina Ivanishvili was born on the 18 of February 1956 in the village of Chorvila]. <strong>\u0412 1980 (\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u043e\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043b \u0438\u043d\u0436\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u043e-\u044d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0444\u0430\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0422\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0443\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0430<\/strong> [In 1980 he graduated from the engineering-economics department of Tbili State University]. <strong>\u0412 1982 (\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0432 \u0430\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0443 \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span><\/strong> [In 1982 he applied to graduate school in Moscow]. <strong>\u041e\u043d \u2014 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0438 \u0431\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043a \u0432 \u0413\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0437\u0438\u0438<\/strong> [He is a businessman and the richest man in Georgia].<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041e\u043d \u0436\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442 \u0438 \u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u0447\u0435\u0442\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439<\/strong> [He is married and has four children]. <strong>\u041e\u043d \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0451\u0442 \u0432 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435 \u0437\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0422\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0438<\/strong> [He lives in a large compound of buildings outside of Tbilisi].<\/p>\n<p>From what I know of Georgian politics, <strong>\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438<\/strong> could become the next prime minister (and possibly president) of Georgia. He is certainly a figure to watch.<\/p>\n<p><em>Assignment: watch the video I linked to above (or <a href=\"http:\/\/pik.tv\/en\/news\/story\/21611-ivanishvilis-interview-with-reuters\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>). If you&#8217;re just learning Russian, try to watch it without the subtitles (I don&#8217;t know if you can turn them off or not; if you can&#8217;t, try to ignore them) and see what you can understand. Then watch with the subtitles and see if you were accurate. The video is very short, so it&#8217;s easy to watch it multiple times!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"340\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/10\/ivanishvili.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>\u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442! 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