On June 20, pro-opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV aired a story titled “Purchased COVID-19.” The TV channel also shared the story on its Facebook page with a caption “Diagnosis worth GEL 10,000 – the government artificially increases the data on COVID-19 deaths.”  The story begins with the darkened footage featuring the emergency vehicle and doctors in...

On June 22, Guram Kartvelishvili, playwright with links to ultranationalist movement Georgian March, published a post on his Facebook page, claiming that when the Nazis were persecuting the Jewish people in Hungary, philanthropist George Soros was siding with the Nazis. Kartvelishvili’s post is accompanied by a photo collage depicting George Soros and SS officer Oskar...

The June 15 reports on an alleged plot to murder Georgian TV host Giorgi Gabunia and the arrest of a suspect have triggered various interpretations. Pro-government and antiliberal groups said that the murder had been masterminded by the opposition. Nika Gvaramia, director of Mtavari Arkhi TV, noted that the murder was ordered by Chechen leader...

On May 3, 2020, Georgia and World published an article headlined “The West abandoned Italy in hardship and do you imagine, how they will behave in respect of Georgia?!” According to the article, Georgian honey will never gain access to European market, because the European Union adopted special regulations which Georgia will fail to fulfill....

Georgian pro-Kremlin actors and anti-liberal groups have been actively disseminating various messages and comparing the Georgian reality with the widespread protests, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis (U.S.) on May 25. Oftentimes, the disseminated narratives were anti-American by their nature and were well-aligned with the official position of the Kremlin. Media with...

On June 11, Nino Ratishvili, host of Obieqtivi TV’s Gamis Studia (Night Studio) program, and Tina Topuria, a homeopath invited to the program, spoke about COVID-19 vaccination. Nino Ratishvili claimed that the existence of a vaccination summit may become a signal for making vaccination mandatory in “the third countries” as well as for launching experiments...

On June 15, online media outlet tinp.ge and Facebook page “თავისუფალი სული” (Free Spirit) published identical articles headlined “Scandalous confession by WHO epidemiologist – the epidemic does not exist!” tinp.ge refers to hotnews.ge as the source of its information; however, the latter’s article cannot be searched since June 16. Tvm.ge also published an identical article...

Speaking in the interview with Obieqtivi TV’s “Gamis Studia” (Night Studio) program on June 7, Jondi Bagaturia, leader of the Georgian Troupe party, said that Russia is Georgia’s main donor in terms of tourism and tourists with highest spending power are just arriving from Russia. He noted that after Russia banned direct flights to Georgia,...

In its June 8-14 issue, Georgian tabloid Asaval-Dasavali quoted Luka Tvaliashvili, an alleged medical staff member of New Hospitals, as saying that 5G technology can have adverse effects on birds. In particular, Tvaliashvili stressed that 5G technology can cause neurological disorder in birds, citing a recent incident, when a crow attacked humans in Tbilisi, as...

The security service (KGB) of occupied Tskhinvali region frequently releases statements about the Tbilisi-based Lugar Lab. On June 9, Sputnik-Ossetia spread one of its latest statements, according to which Tskhinvali KGB disclosed information about the activities of Lugar Lab. The statement involves seven new conspiratorial messages. Tskhinvali KGB notes that the data were collected based...

Based on open source information, the Myth Detector has analyzed the pages run by Irakli Jankarashvili as well as the platforms associated with him, identifying the links between pro-government, antiliberal and pro-Russian platforms. Irakli Jankarashvili runs the page “ანტილიბერალური დოქტრინა” (Antiliberal Doctrine) and a group “ამხილე პორტირებული ნაცები” (Disclose Ported Natsis, referring to the opposition...

Information about Donald Trump allegedly making important decisions against globalists was widely circulated in Georgian social networks and online media last week. The list of decisions contains ten points and, as the sources of information claim, just that triggered anti-Trump rallies in the United States. It is worth noting that various actors shared identical texts...