A Georgian-language website of pro-Kremlin media outlet News Front emerged on Georgian media market in October 2019. The news agency News Front was registered on Russian web hosting server reg.ru in November 2014. The website’s IP address is located in the Russian town of Rostov. Until recently, News Front was spreading news in eight languages...

On October 22, 2019, Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, while being on air at TV Obiektivi program Night Studio, stated that Georgian export depends on Turkey and that high-quality Georgian tomatoes and potatoes are sold in Turkey, while a lower quality product is imported to Georgia in exchange. Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia: “We have somehow...

Georgia will hold elections in a year’s time; Experience of European countries and the USA has shown that Russia tries to influence election environment and election results of most advance democracies; Methods and platforms applied by Russia to influence elections become increasingly diverse and sophisticated. What is the greatest strength of the Western world? –...

On October 16, Politicano Facebook page posted about 2019 Global Hunger Index. Politicano, based on globalhungerindex.org, claims that hunger is at its lowest in Belarus and that it is a leader not only among the post-Soviet countries, but also in the world. The post also mentions that countries such as Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Serbia,...

On October 14, Editor of Kvakutkhedi magazine – Khatuna Saginashvili published a post on Facebook, where she claimed that Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) and Ilia State University prohibit citing Russian scholars’ works in scientific papers. Saginashvili’s Facebook post was published in the form of an article on October 15 by Marshalpress.ge and for.ge,...

On October 17, Leila Tsinadze-Melikidze, supporter of the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, released a post on Facebook page “კახა კალაძე – თბილისის მერი” (Kakha Kaladze – Tbilisi Mayor), according to which Eka Gigauri, Head of Transparency International Georgia, is against pension increase. The post involves Gigauri’s photo and a caption reading “If...

On October 14, 2019, Facebook page MSB Hulusi Akar that is a fake account created on July 11, 2018 and allegedly belonging to the Turkish Defense Minister released a fake map, where a part of the territories of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, including Batumi, fall within the Turkish borders. The...

On October 6, 2019, a member of the Alliance of Patriots, Vaja Otarashvili stated live on Night Studio at TV Obiektivi that there are Turkish commercial centers in seven Mosques in Batumi, including salons, trade and food facilities, where, according to Otarashvili, people live a shadowy night life. The statement disseminated by a member of...

On October 11, Sputnik Georgia published an article with a headline “Flights in Georgia: Passenger Flow in Georgian Airports Plummets”. Although the headline creates a perception that the flow of passengers decreased, the article demonstrates different figures – a 5.4% increase, in fact, based on Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) data. The article discusses the...

Reports emerged on October 5 that Ilia Jishkariani, member of the Tbilisi City Council (Sakrebulo) was accused by Tamta Todadze, his assistant, of attempted rape and sexual violence. On October 8, the Prosecutor’s Office granted Tamta Todadze the status of a victim and brought charges against Ilia Jishkariani. Tamta Todadze’s accusations against the Sakrebulo member...

On October 3, Ermile Nemsadze and Sandro Lobzhanidze, members of an ultra-nationalist movement, Georgian March, released a post referring to Times.com.ua about the threats coming from Soros and his Foundation in Georgia. As an illustration, they added a quote to the post: “Europe will win even if no ashes remain out of Ukraine. Nobody cares...

On October 1, 2019, the Facebook page “Anti-Paradox” published a video titled “How the Islam is propagated among the children, Germany.” In the video in German language, a young woman is talking to a child about Islam, informs him about Mohamed and Koran, and tells that starting from today the God is called Allah.  The...