On July 1, 2024, a Georgian-language Facebook account that publishes religion-related content and conspiracies published a video collage, which is composed of photos taken at different times for current and former football players. The photo material mainly includes episodes of celebrating goals scored by football players. The account links the gestures shown by the football...

On November 29-30, Kremlin propaganda media (1,2,3,4,5,6) including Комсомолская Правда, Царград, and Арегументы и Факты reported that campaign leaflets appeared in Ukraine to encourage the elderly to go to the front. The leaflets feature the following slogans: “You have already lived your share – go to the front;”(Ти вже пожив своє – йди на фронт!);”...

On October 6, 2023, Facebook page “Zoommer Laptops” published a post encouraging customers to purchase laptops for as low as 5,5 GEL. According to the ad, the company is not happy with the quality of the laptops received, therefore, “Zoommer” wants to get rid of them as quickly as possible – hence the low price....

Russian-language media outlets ВОЕННОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ, ЦАРЬГРАД, as well as the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova shared a video showing that Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who arrived in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly, was allegedly greeted in New York with a billboard depicting the Ukrainian flag with the message “Glory to Urine”,...

On July 31 and August 1, 2023, Georgian (1)  and Russian-speaking Facebook users (1, 2, 3) shared videos and photos of an alleged banner with the following inscription in English: “Stop Zelenskyy, Stop War.” According to the posts, this banner was placed in Japan. The disseminated video is altered, while the original video was shot...

On July 29-30, Georgian– and Russian-language (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Facebook accounts published an alleged cover of the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” dated August 2, 2023. The cover features a caricature of Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, who refused to shake hands with Russian fencer Anna Smirnova at the Fencing World Championships in Milan....

On May 22, 2023, a Facebook user published a video of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, saying the following: “I just want to first congratulate Prigozhin on a terrific win last night in Ukraine, in what was a very competitive battle.” According to the author of the post, Blinken’s statement is related to...

On December 31st, 2022, Georgian-language Facebook users and Russian-language websites (1, 2, 3) started disseminating the claims that from February to December 2022, the wealth of high-ranking Ukrainian officials increased dramatically, specifically mentioning the president, the minister of foreign affairs, the minister of defence, the head of the president’s office and the mayor of Kyiv....

On March 11th, Facebook user Lucy Ivashina posted a photo of Pope Francis I in the Facebook group “Новости Эстонии.” According to the description, Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is stopping the process of alleviating the sins of the Russian people. (“Папа Франциск сообщил, что католическая церковь приостанавливает отпуск грехов россиянам”) The alleged...

On October 1st, the Facebook profile Lilu Lilu published several photos. One of them depicts a destroyed building, the second one showcases a church, while the third image portrays several people, including a priest. According to the description, In Greece, on the island of Crete, the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary,  where a vaccination center was...

On August 18th, 2021, Georgian blogger Natia Colussi published a post on her Facebook account, where she linked the COVID-19 pandemic with the fourth industrial revolution and globalisation. Colussi claimed that the new world order is being established according to the “Global Marshall Plan,” which is identical to the “Agenda 2030” of the United Nations....

On February 23 police raided headquarters of Georgia’s largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM) and  arrested1 its leader Nika Melia. During the raid, police used tear gas to disperse Melia’s supporters who had barricaded themselves inside the party’s office. Melia’s arrest sparked a series of critical statements from the EU and US officials, policy...