On May 17, an ultra-nationalist Facebook page Geo Pepe published a screenshot of a post allegedly made by Radio Liberty, which claimed that the Estonian intelligence services warned Georgia about possible provocations from the Kremlin on May 17. Geo Pepe: “Estonian intelligence: ‘Georgians dream of holding an LGBT pride, but the dark Russia prevents it.’...

On May 18, an online edition, Progressnews published an article headlined “Why did Switzerland ban human vaccination?” According to the article, the Federal Assembly of Switzerland supported the termination of vaccination for a term of five years, citing adverse health effects of rubella, smallpox and other vaccines as the reason behind its decision. The article...

Dissemination of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 continued last week. As scientists are yet to determine the exact origin of the virus, admirers of the conspiracy theories have sought answers in coins with an image of a bat on them and old public speeches of Bill Gates. Myths/Conspiracies Source Globalist powers have something to do with...

Georgian pro-Kremlin media outlets frequently spread myths and disinformation about the Meskhetians deported from Samtskhe-Javakheti. The key messages aim at discrediting the Meskhetians and portraying them as fascists or Turkey’s allies. By discrediting the Meskhetians, pro-Kremlin media outlets are trying to justify Stalin’s policy and deportation of the Meskhetians.  One of such interviews was published...

A conspiracy theory about Pope Francis allegedly calling on the parish to get chipped went viral on Georgian websites and Facebook pages on May 4-5. As of May 8, the conspiracy theory was spread by four websites and 14 Facebook pages. In addition, the fake news was shared by 11 Facebook groups. The conspiracy theory...

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In April and May 2020, Facebook’s Georgian users posted a video with a caption “The 2012 Olympics in London. P.S: Draw conclusions yourself.” The video footage shows some fragments from the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics with Russian/English subtitles and illustrations indicating that the novel coronavirus was allegedly spread intentionally and it proceeded...

On May 5, an online edition tvalsazrisi.ge published an article headlined “Maia Dvalidze: Chips, HPP mania, Bill Gates, Elon Musk – the developments are already in the same plane.” Tvalsazrisi.ge refers to the post published by Facebook user Maia Dvalidze, according to which Microsoft’s cryptocurrency system dubbed “Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data” will use...

Speaking in the interview with Kavkasia TV host Davit Akubardia on April 29, Georgian politician Gubaz Sanikidze linked the spread of coronavirus to the race and noted that racial differences exist at a medical level. Sanikidze claimed that almost one half of people who died from the coronavirus in the United States are black people,...

A Facebook page „სტალინი“ (“Stalin”) has been re-introducing old conspiracy theories about the Lugar Laboratory in the context of the coronavirus threat. By re-sharing archive materials, the page creates a false perception that the dissemination of coronavirus is connected to Lugar Lab and the United States. On May 1, a Facebook page “Stalin” shared a...

On April 28, Sputnik-Ossetia published an article headlined “KGB announced about a threat of deliberately infecting South Ossetian citizens with COVID-19 from Georgia” (КГБ заявил об угрозе преднамеренного заражения граждан Южной Осетии COVID-19 из Грузии). According to the article, the so called South Ossetian security service warns local population not to accept the Georgian side’s...

On April 30, an article claiming that a Georgian man’s blood had been used to treat a COVID-19 patient in one of the hospitals in Germany was disseminated on social media. The information was published by bdd866.creatium.site/saixleyoveldge and included a photo depicting a man, whose blood is being taken. According to the website, the blood...