Badri patarkatsishvili biography of mahatma

He contested the Georgian presidential election and came third with 7. From the early s until the time of his death, he was a flamboyant figure in business and was behind some of the most successful companies in today's Russia. Patarkatsishvili suddenly died intestate in February , sparking one of the largest estate battles in legal history.

Born in Tbilisi to a Jewish family , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Patarkatsishvili became an active member of the Komsomol , the youth wing of the Soviet Communist Party during the s.

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He eventually became Komsomol leader at Maudi, a large textile operation. In , Patarkatsishvili became Deputy Director General of Gruzavtovazprom, a company that purchased and delivered cars and spare parts from AvtoVAZ , which was at the time, the largest car manufacturer in the Soviet Union. It was during trips made to the AvtoVAZ plant that he first met Boris Berezovsky who was to become a close friend and business associate.

It was established as a joint venture with Logo Systems, an Italian company, which at the time was seen as pioneering in commercial relationships between East and West.

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In with support from his friend Otari Kvantriashvili , Patarkatsishvili and his family moved to the Moscow region , first to Lyubertsy in and then in to Moscow , where he quickly became part of Berezovsky's increasingly influential political circle. At the time, the Soviet Union was collapsing and there was a great deal of political uncertainty in the region.

Patarkatsishvili, along with Berezvosky and other successful businessmen were supportive of Boris Yeltsin as he had liberalised trade with foreign countries, allowing their businesses to grow, however the wider economy was performing badly and there was growing support for Nikolai Ryzhkov 's reformed communist party. In , he was selected to oversee the privatization of the Sibneft oil company.

After Patarkatsishvili died, in the Sibneft privatisation was to become the subject of a high court legal battle between Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and Berezovsky. According to The Times , [ 18 ] Abramovich submitted a page court defence that accused Berezovsky and Patarkatsishvili of demanding huge sums for helping him to rise from obscurity.

Patarkatsishvili emerged as the key intermediary, passing messages between Abramovich and Berezovsky. Under his control, TV6 became notorious for its anti-Kremlin line.