On July 27, Arno Khidirbehishvili, the Editor-in-Chief of Saqinform, mentioned in his article published on Saqinform that Mikheil Saakashvili signed an agreement that allows Russia to demand from Georgia to allow a passage of military cargo through its territory under force majeure situations. An internet-program “Salte” disseminated identical information on July 19, where the host of the program and a former member of the...

On July 17, Lieutenant General Guram Nikolaishvili evaluated Georgia’s participation in peacekeeping operations as going against the country’s interests at Night Studio of TV Obiektivi. He claimed that it costs Georgia GEL 200 million each year to participate in the peacekeeping missions, while the West does not spend anything in this direction and the United States has only allocated USD 67 million for training...

An Azerbaijani pro-government media haqqin az published an editorial on July 19 mentioning that military equipment had been imported to Armenia through Georgia. Georgia denied the allegations. In response, on July 21, haqqin.az published two photos showing the military equipment. Using open sources, Myth Detector determined the location of one of the photos published by...

On July 16, a Russian-language Sputnik-Ossetia spread a statement by KGB of Russian-occupied Tskhinvali Region about arresting Georgian citizen Khvicha Mgebrishvili on July 3 on charges of “illegal crossing of the border.” According to the statement, the Georgian man infiltrated into the region to collect the bats included on the Red List and sell them...

On July 10, 2020, the online version of the Georgian version of a pro-Kremlin media outlet News-Front featured an article by the Editor – Shota Apkhaidze, titled “Erdogan Has a Chance to Expand the Territory of Turkey – At the Expense of Georgia”. The author discusses the dangers of integration of Georgia into the NATO...

Pro-Russian actors have intensified anti-Turkish sentiments in the period of July 9-15. Various narratives related to Turkey, among them those about the Treaty of Kars, Adjara region, NATO membership and returning a mosque status to Hagia Sophia were voiced by some respondents and journalists of pro-Kremlin media outlets, News Front Georgia and Georgia and World....

Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic during Obieqtivi TV program “Gamis Studia” (Night Studio) on July 9, Nona Agdgomelashvili, a Georgian astropsychologist, said that a surprise outbreak is not typical for this type of pandemic and that it was plotted long ago. Referring to the statement made by Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute...

In a July 13-19 issue of Asaval-Dasavali, Vladimer Khomeriki, the Director of the Foundation for the Unity of Russian and Georgian People, stated that the Treaty of Kars expires in 2021 and that only Russia can protect Georgia from the Turkish aggression. He also added that the occupation of Georgian territories by Russia is Georgia’s...

What is the 5th Generation (5G) network?  5th Generation (5G) wireless network offers an opportunity to provide a significantly higher speed of mobile internet connection, approximately 10-20 times faster than other current networks.  The main advantages of a 5G network are a higher capacity that provides the connection of more devices in one period; more...

On July 1, US Ambassador in Georgia Kelly Degnan stated during the international online conference organized by the Georgian Institute of Politics that Georgia is a target of Kremlin disinformation and Russia may try to interfere in Georgia’s parliamentary elections. According to Degnan, the fact that Georgia is moving towards a proportional system increases the...

On July 8, the webpage of the Georgian version of Sputnik published an article titled “Opinion: Why Is the Western Media Losing Positions?”. The article concerns a study carried out by Russia Today, called “Octopus 2.0. Coronavirus in Russia”. The authors of the study believe that the Chinese and the Russian media are far more effective...

On July 9, an online edition tvalsazrisi.ge published a Facebook post by Davit Chabukashvili, member of Free Georgia party’s political council, where he states that the government cheats the population and causes intentional harm to public health. According to Davit Chabukashvili, various statistical data confirm that COVID-19 mortality rate is significantly lower than the fatalities...