 "By doing so we are distancing from dirty political games", said Giorgi Targamadze, head of the Imedi TV's political programs.Badri Afanasyev, a former Imedi producer, asked for political asylum in Russia on October 17, 2009.A preliminary agreement on the purchase of Imedi Holding’s shares was signed in New York City on April 28, 2007, between Badri Patarkatsishvili and News Corporation, the details of which remained confidential.