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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Bidzina Ivanishvili, thebillionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, returns to politics after “quitting for good” in 2021. But did he ever leave the political scene? Pundits say Ivanishvili has been pulling the strings all along from behind the scenes and his appointment as the “honorary chair” of the ruling Georgian Dream party is just temporary, and that some cabin reshuffling is imminent. Ivanishvili is a key figure in Georgian politics. He made his fortune in the pre-Putin era in Russia and founded the Georgian Dream party in 2012. After a brief stint…