*Public TV Broadcaster Points at Regime Takeover* Vasil Ivanov-Chikovani, a famous news host on Georgia’s Public Broadcaster fired last week after expressing his solidarity with hunger striking Mzia Amaghlobeli, spoke last night to media to discuss the ongoing developments in the public channel. According to him, the editorial policy at the broadcaster is under the control of Vasil Maghlaperidze, a former Vice-Chairman of Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party and the current chairman of the Board of Trustees of the network (which legally has no influence over the editorial policy). Thousands of protesters have been picketing the network’s HQ for months, calling for Maghlaperidze’s resignation.