| The Control Chamber of Georgia transferred to the Prosecutor General's Office the materials of the inspection of the Ministry of Defense for 2005-2006, when Irakli Okruashvili was the head of the military department, the Tbilisi newspaper Alia reported yesterday. According to the publication, we are talking about the misuse of 250 million lari ($147 million). Military experts say that funds disappeared during the purchase of weapons and equipment in Eastern European countries, and significant sums were spent on purchasing expensive cars and renovating the offices of military officials. Alia believes that incriminating evidence against the ex-minister was collected not to bring him to justice, but to finally remove him from politics. 33-year-old Irakli Okruashvili was transferred to the post of Minister of Economic Development in November 2006. A week later, he resigned under the pretext of military-political studies, promising to return to the Georgian political scene. Mikhail VIGNANSKY, Tbilisi
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