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Geworld claims that the Only Benefit the Association Agreement Brought to Georgia is Visa Liberalization
On December 6, a web-portal Georgia and World published an article, in which a journalist, Nodar Gavasheli mentions that the only benefit the Association Agreement
Politicano, based on a Fake Telegraph, claims that Brussels is the Most Crime-Ridden City
On December 1, 2018, a Facebook page Politicano published a post which said that Brussels is one of the most dangerous and criminal European cities. To illustrate this, Politicano cites non-existing surveys and an English article from Telegraf.rs.
Onishchenko Tries to Make Georgians Fear of Lugar’s “Cold Room”, Which Is Also a Common Practice in Russian laboratories
On December 5, 2018, Russian language page of Sputnik Georgia published a comment of Gennady Onishchenko – the member of the Duma, about the Lugar
Alt-Info Provides Manipulative Coverage of Google’s Battling Misinformation Initiative
On December 6, 2018, Alt-Info, an ultranationalist website, released an article titled “According to Google’s internal document, Google employees debated whether to bury conservative media
Russian Expert’s Statement as if Georgians are Preoccupied with the Threat of Terrorism and Migration is Groundless
On December 1, 2018 Sputnik Georgia’s Russian language edition published a comment by Russian political scientist Karine Gevorgyan on Presidential elections in Georgia, where she claims that Georgian people are more concerned with the threat of Islamic terrorists and flow of migrants rather than with the outcome of the election.
Four Lies about the Kerch Strait Developments
In a telephone conversation with Obieqtivi TV on November 26, 2018, Avtandil Enukidze of the pro-Russian Alliance of Patriots party spoke about Russia’s attack on
Obieqtivi TV Blames U.S. for April 9 Tragedy
Obieqtivi TV host, Valeri Kvaratskhelia said on November 24, 2018 commenting on the April 9 developments in Tbilisi that it was the United States rather than the Soviet Union that contributed to the April 9 tragedy. Kvaratskhelia himself notes that he has no evidence to prove his allegations, but
Politicano Manipulates with the Economy Related Issues of Moldova
On November 19, 2018, the Facebook page Politicano posted a video of Ruptly about the socialist march held in the capital of Chişinău on November
Disinformation on Great Britain Allegedly Moving to Soviet Education System
On November 23, 2018, a website Kartuli Azri (Georgian Idea) released an article titled “All prestigious schools of England have moved to the Soviet education
Geworld’s Disinformation on Children Allegedly Taken away from Homophobic Parents in Netherlands
On November 21, a website Georgia and World (Geworld.ge) released an article titled “European horror: children are taken away from parents and sent to special
Fake Interview and Photos, as if Grigol Vashadze Worked in the Porn Industry in New York
On November 21, 2018, Facebook page “არქივარიუსი – Archivist” published an interview from the 2009 year’s edition of the newspaper Карнавал, where “Archivist” claims that
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