On October 31, a website ReportBlogs reported that during his visit to Georgia on October 25-26, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton allegedly warned the
On October 26, 2018 a photo depicting the street name sign with the “Iran Street” written on it, once again appeared on Facebook. This time the photo was disseminated by “National Power” with the caption: “When are we going to name streets after Russia and the Ottoman Empire? Shame!” The “National Power’s” post was shared by other pages, such as “Patriots of Georgia”; and “Nazi Georgia”.
On October 18, in a TV Obieqtivi night studio, David Tarkhan-Mouravi, the leader of political party Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, stated that a number of religious groups in Georgia demand privileges similar to the Georgian Orthodox Church.
On October 18, 2018, during the final session of the club Valdai, held annually in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about the conspiracies about
On October 12, Rustavi 2 TV’s news program Kurieri (Courier) aired a statement made by the ruling party-endorsed presidential candidate, Salome Zourabichvili, who said during
On October 4, a reportage was aired on TV Obiektivi’s news program, mentioning that tourists allegedly inflict serious financial damage on Georgian medical facilities. Without revealing any statistical data, journalist concluded that the tourists account for thousands of GEL in debt, as “tourists often refuse to pay treatment costs”.
On October 4, mystar.ge released an article authored by Irakli Miladze, according to which it is planned to bring 500 000 migrants to Georgia before the
The position expressed by official Moscow and Russian pro-Kremlin media as if two Russian citizens, identified by Britain as suspects in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, former Russian GRU officer, and his daughter, Yulia, are actually innocent was echoed by Georgian-language media outlets.
On October 15, 2018, Channel One, Russia’s largest state-run TV channel, aired the story by Timur Siraziev titled “The British government extends the rights for its Special Forces to kill and torture throughout the world.” During the entire story, the author tries to link high-profile murders of former KGB agents, attempted murders, as well as deaths of some persons associated with Russia, including Boris Berezovsky and Badri Patarkatsishvili, to MI5, UK’s domestic counterintelligence and security agency.
Part of those Georgian media outlets and experts that participated in September 5 meeting have also registered for a Kremlin-funded International South Caucasus Media Forum, taking place on September 4-7.
On September 4-7, 2108, International South Caucasus Media Forum will be held at Vere Palace Hotel in Tbilisi. The theme of this year’s media forum is The Role of Media to Build Trust in the Region. The media forum is organized by the Russian Center of Political Sciences North-South (Север-Юг), press club Commonwealth (содружество) and Georgian, yet pro-Russian online newspaper Georgia & World. The event is being held with the support of Russia’s Presidential Fund.
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