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Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire dividing Georgians

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Bidzina Ivanishvili founded Georgian Dream ( GD ) and the party has been in power for 12 years .

The billionaire is widely seen as the country's real man in power in Chorvila , north-west Georgia .

Protesters have taken to the streets across the country to protest against the ruling party.

They accuse the opposition of orchestrating the pro-EU protests and using young people as their "tools".

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has recently denounced the protesters as an "amorphous mass" Hundreds of civil servants have lost their jobs after they signed petitions criticising the government's decision to suspend talks with the EU .

Nini Lezhava says a similar "cleansing" is taking place at the defence and justice ministries, and other government institutions.