A Georgian-Swedish movie “And then We Danced” was shown in Georgian cinemas on November 8, 9, 10. Screening of the movie was met with protest and violent actions from hate groups. Facebook pages affiliated with hate groups and pro-Russian actors were disseminating fake and manipulated context about the movie with the aim of mobilizing public...

In the interview with Obieqtivi TV’s Gamis Studia (Night Studio) program on October 26, 2019, Gigi Maglakelidze of the Alliance of Patriots party noted that against the background of U.S.-Georgia strategic partnership, the United States and American investors have not implemented even a single large commercial project in Georgia. Gigi Maglakelidze: “Considering the importance of...

Extremist groups were especially active in Georgia in the past years, trying to spread pro-Russian, nationalist messages through violent methods. In recent years, the groups that popularize the same messages through attacking liberalism are becoming stronger. “Liberal ideology has outlived its purpose,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in the interview with Financial Times this summer....

What does Tarkhan-Mouravi fail to see? In the interview with Obieqtivi TV’s Gamis Studia (Night Studio) on November 1, 2019, Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, one of the leaders of the Alliance of Patriots party, spoke about recent developments in the Georgian Orthodox Church and generally the challenges facing the church. He also touched upon the issue of...

On November 6, Sputnik Ossetia published information that there was allegedly an incident close to the Tskhinvali occupational regime’s border. According to the article, a press representative of the Security Committee of the so-called South Ossetia, Ekaterina Byazrova stated that Georgia was shooting from Kobi village. According to Byazrova, Georgia keeps provoking in order to...

People living on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have to say frequently due to their daily hardships that carrying a small coffin is the hardest thing. These words have become especially popular in social networks during the Syrian war. Figures are the biggest tragedy of the Syrian war – half a million...

Jeffrey Silverman, author of USA Really sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and one of the main sources referred to by Russian state-sponsored media outlets against the Lugar Laboratory, is a volunteer teacher in Teach and Learn with Georgia program implemented by Teacher Professional Development Center. Silverman teaches English at LEPL Public College...

On October 24, 2019, Luke Coffey, expert at Heritage Foundation, wrote on his Twitter about possible deployment of U.S. troops in Georgia. According to Luke Coffey’s proposal, “US troops leaving Syria could be sent to Georgia and become an “over the horizon” force to respond quickly if ISIS reconstitutes.” He also added that USA could...

On October 28, 2019, a Facebook page Stalin published a 2018 article by Georgia and the World, titled “United States will Attack the Georgian Church after the Ukrainian”. The article mentions – “after the fall of Communism, there is only one enemy of democracy (in other versions – the United States) left – Orthodox Christianity”....

According to Gorchakov Fund, Yevgeny Primakov’s 90th jubilee was celebrated on October 31, at Yevgeny Primakov Georgian-Russian Public Center in Tbilisi. As the distributed photo shows, the leader of “Free Georgia” Kakha Kukava attended the event along with Dimitri Lortkipanidze. Director of the Primakov Center, Dimitri Lortkipanidze, stated on the meeting that memorial plaque for...

On October 25, 2019, Georgian-language website of pro-Kremlin online media outlet News Front released an article headlined “The Armenian lobby in the United States is lobbying for the resettlement of Armenians from Syria to Javakheti.” The article reads that Nersi Nazari, the Armenian lobby in the United States and co-founder of the company Vital Connect,...