Education
Born in Tbilisi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia), Abesadze graduated from the Film School at the Open University of Georgia, before studying for degrees in Russian literature and linguistics at Tbilisi State University.
journalist politician writer Knesset member
Born in Tbilisi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia), Abesadze graduated from the Film School at the Open University of Georgia, before studying for degrees in Russian literature and linguistics at Tbilisi State University.
At the age of 23 she began working for Georgian State Television, becoming the presenter of the evening news two years later. Abesadze remained in Georgia, and in the 1990s began a relationship with Baruch Ben-Neria, the Israeli ambassador to Georgia and Armenia from 1993 until 1996. She moved to Israel in 1996 and worked on Russian language programmes for Channel 33, before joining a Russian language newspaper.
However, she entered the Knesset on 9 November 2010 as a replacement for Tzachi Hanegbi, who had been convicted of a crime (perjury) deemed to be of moral turpitude, thereby losing his seat.
Shortly before the 2013 elections Abesadze left Kadima to join the Labor Party.