Georgian media outlets have echoed the conspiracy theories spread by Russian media and politicians about a nerve-agent attack in Salisbury that targeted a Russian ex-spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. Georgia and the World and Sakinform are taking the lead among Georgian pro-Kremlin media outlets.
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A member of the Alliance of Patriots, Ada Marshania, stated on air at a TV Obiektivi program Night Studio on March 26 that visa liberalization comes with a commitment to accept Syrian refugees. According to her, the given commitment represents a price that Georgia has to pay for the visa-free travel.
On March 18, a nationalist Facebook page Georgian Idea released a story, according to which Muslim parents in Canada demanded the removal of pork from school canteens in Montreal and its suburbs. Georgian Idea also reports that the Mayor of Dorval has allegedly called on Muslim parents to change their lifestyle and integrate into the society. The post has been shared by 711 persons (as of March 25).
On March 21, 2018, an ultra-nationalist Facebook page Anti-Liberal Club released a video titled “African migrants riot the street in Madrid” featuring the protesters damaging the cars in the street. Other interlinked ultra-nationalist websites
A popular conspiracy theory that Georgia’s NATO integration will allegedly lead to the deployment of Turkish troops in the country, because Turkey is a NATO
The host of TV Obiektivi, Bondo Mdzinarashvili, offers us a new version of history. While the last year he was claiming on air at TV Obiektivi that there is no Russian annexation in Georgia, this time, he states that Georgia joined the Soviet Union in 1921 with its own will.
On March 7, 2018, an online edition Sakinform released an article titled “Scandal! Sweden and Finland reject NATO membership and persuade Ukraine to make friends with Russia.” The article reads that after Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly,
In the March 5-11 issue of Asaval-Dasavali, Nikoloz Mzhavanadze, the Head of the Rights’ Defenders Union NGO and Giorgi Gigauri, a journalist, discussed Vladimir Putin’s annual address, during which he stated that Russia has a new cruise missile, equipped with nuclear warheads and with unlimited range.
On February 20, 2018, a leader of the “Alliance of Patriots”, Irma Inashvili, while assessing visa liberalization on air in TV Imedi’s program “Head to Head”, stated that 30-35 thousand citizens left the territory of Georgia, while double
Georgian tabloid Asaval-Dasavali released in its February 19-25, 2018 edition an interview with Tristan Tsitelashvili who was accused in Georgia of spying in favor of Russia
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