On July 8, 2023, a group mobilized by the pro-Russian and anti-liberal “Conservative Movement” party disrupted the planned “Tbilisi Pride Fest” in the vicinity of Lisi Lake and destroyed the constructions designated for the festival. After the violent incident, representatives and supporters of the pro-Kremlin “Alt-Info” and other anti-liberal groups published a number of photos...

According to the decision of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, on March 29, 2023, the agreement on the free use of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was terminated based on the conclusions of the interdepartmental working group. Monks and priests of Kyiv-Pechersk were given...

On March 17th, the Facebook user “Nikoloz Kvanchiani” published a screenshot of a “Mtavari Arkhi” post depicting the US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, with the caption: “There are consequences for any country that doesn’t comply with international sanctions regime – Kelly Degnan.” According to the post’s author, Degnan threatens Georgians and forces them to...

After the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance responded clearly and unanimously to Russia’s ultimatum, stressing that NATO would notreconsider its open-door policy towards the former Soviet republics, pro-Kremlin actors on Georgian social networks started to resurface the topic of Article 5 of NATO concerning collective defense.  “We should invite Georgia and Ukraine to NATO without their occupied...

On December 25th, the Georgian government revealed its plans to abolish the State Inspector’s Office and create two new supplementary agencies. The State Inspector herself responded to the information, noting that she had found out about the “conspiratorially” initiated change regarding the abolition of her service from the media. She further noted that the change cannot be perceived as a reform...

The arrest of the former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, became the subject of scrutiny for several members of the European Parliament. On November 12th, MEP Anna Fotyga arrived in Georgia to visit the ex-president Saakashvili in prison, but she was denied. The Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze, named the Georgian Criminal Codeas the reason behind the refusal, asserting that...

Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria became the target of pro-Kremlin and antiliberal groups after Bishop Spiridon (Abuladze) of Skhalta refused to permit the Public Defender’s monitoring visit to the Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage. Myth Detector has identified the actors involved in the campaign of discrediting the Public Defender on social and traditional media. In particular:...

On March 5, 2021, the leader of the political party “Georgian Idea”, Levan Chachua published a post on Facebook disseminating the following quote in the name of the billionaire philanthropist George Soros:      “War is no longer a mean for conquering separate country. It’s enough to find or establish a group in the country...

On 28 January, speaking in a talk show “Reaction” on TV Pirveli, Iveri Melashvili discussed, among other things, the process of defining a disputed section of the border. Various media outlets and political actors took only a fragment of the talk show and shared it extensively. The mentioned fragment contained few sentences, including the words...

On September 13, Levan Chachua, chairman of Georgian Idea public movement, published a post on his Facebook page about the coronavirus vaccines. Chachua claims that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is involved in the purchase of vaccines to ensure that children in Georgia are subject to mandatory vaccination. Chachua notes that vaccination has been...

On August 31, an online outlet Zneoba.ge published a post on its Facebook page regarding the Parliament-adopted Code on the Rights of the Child. The outlet condemns the Code as the document that makes children confront God and destructs families. It also slams the UN for its role in developing the code, as well as...

On August 11, 2020, Levan Vasadze posted a video-address to Bidzina Ivanishvili on Facebook. Together with other issues, he reviews the case of separating a three-year-old baby from a single mother by a social worker. Based on this specific incident, Vasadze discusses the negative consequences Child Rights’ Code in general and claims that the Code...