On August 22nd, Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3) circulated a video depicting the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden. The video allegedly shows Biden falling asleep during an interview, while the host urges him to wake up. In addition, the video is accompanied by the sound of snoring. The video disseminated...

A disinformation message about the US having assisted Georgia with “water and diapers” during the August 2008 war, has been a mantra of pro-Kremlin actors for years to sow skepticism towards the strategic partner. The aforementioned message has been reactivated this year by supporters of pro-Russian political party Alt-Info/Conservative Movement.  On 7 August, the Facebook...

On July 4, Russian Channel One’ aired a story (1,2,3,) about the alleged demands for an investigation into the activities of the American laboratories in the territory of Georgia, in particular, the Richard Lugar Laboratory of Tbilisi. The story talks about various “dangerous experiments” being conducted in the Lugar laboratory and in the “American laboratories”...

On June 20, 2022, three years after the infamous “Gavrilov Night”, hundred of thousands of Georgians gathered at Rustaveli Ave to once again stress the commitment of the Georgian people to the “Western values.” Organized by the ‘Shame Movement, the rally named “Home to Europe’ aimed at showing the European aspirations of the Georgian people...

On May 16th, the Tbilisi City Court convicted Nika Gvaramia, General Director of the Mtavari Arkhi, of causing damage to Rustavi 2 and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison. While Gvaramia’s arrest was harshly criticized by the media, and local and international NGOs, a campaign aimed to discredit Gvariamia and the journalists of the...

On May 3rd, the Facebook account “William William” posted a video accompanied by the caption “Who Really Rules Georgia?! Excerpt from Davit Tordia’s video.” The video itself concerns George Soros. According to Tordia, George Soros is the creator of the classic “devilish carousel” in Georgia, the main “Satanist and the number one Jehovah’s Witness in...

On May 1st, 2022, the Facebook page of “Sezoni TV” aired an excerpt from the interview with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze, the chairman of the Union of Human Rights Defenders. Mzhavanadze claimed that Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Moscow on his first visit during the 2008 war and asked Putin for permission to seize Adjara. The post...

The Story of a Georgian Troll who Gives Interviews Using a Picture of a Russian Social Media User Since the initiation of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, the West has imposed a number of sanctions to stop its aggression. However, the Georgian government decided against joining the sanctions. According to...

  Fagan Abbasov Fagan Abbasov is a second-year Public Administration MA student at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs and has earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tbilisi State University. Fagan is the Marneuli municipality regional representative of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) and is actively cooperating with local...

After the imposition of sanctions over the mineral water company “Borjomi” over its holder – the Russian “Alpha Group” and its founder, Mikhail Fridman, opposition discrediting and anti-liberal Facebook accounts have started disseminating the information that the company was sold to Russians by Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of the opposition party “Lelo.” The information was...

On April 7th, 2022,  while speaking about the transit of the Russian natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, Giorgi Kardava, the secretary-general of the “Conservative Movement” party, told the pro-Kremlin channel “Alt-Info” that Ukraine has pretensions against Georgia, while being engaged with Russian oil trade itself. Giorgi Kardava: “They did not cut off the gas...

On April 9th, Facebook user Giorgi Abashidze published a post about the famous Ukrainian slogan “Слава Україні! Героям слава!  (“Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes”). According to the description, the slogan was coined by the “bloodthirsty” Banderites, implying the immortality of fascist heroes. The post is accompanied by a poster depicting a woman dressed...