LOBZHANIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 13 December 2017 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 21447/11Zurab LOBZHANIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 29 March 2011STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicant, Mr Zurab Lobzhanidze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1964 and currently lives in Horgen, Switzerland. He is represented before the Court by Mr L. Erni, a lawyer practising in Zurich and Mr I. Mgaloblishvili and Mr P. Kiknavelidze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  First set of criminal proceedingsIn 2000-2004 the applicant served as chairman of the board of directors of two companies – JSC Madneuli and LLC Quarzite.On 3 February 2004 the applicant was charged in absentia with abuse of his official managerial and representative authority in one of those enterprises (LLC Quarzite) – against the interests of the l …