Georgia’s vulnerability to Kremlin influence increased after the parliamentary elections of 2020, bolstered by the combination of internal problems, extremely  polarized environment, fragile democratic institutions and an ambiguous foreign policy pursued by the ruling ‘Georgian Dream’ party. Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani’s statement on October 8 that even though Tbilisi finds it “very hard” to join...

On January 24th, the opposition called on the representatives of the incumbent “Georgian Dream” party to take a united stand in support of Ukraine and adopt a resolution. Two days later, on January 26th, the parliamentary majority and the opposition failed to reach an agreement on the resolution draft, as the final version of the...

On February 1st, the Facebook page “Cardhu” published a post regarding the Georgian journalist Giorgi Gabunia, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Russian citizens to help foster national tourism and spend their holidays in the occupied Crimea. The page further noted that after Giorgi Gabunia cursed Putin in public, the Russian president used...

On January 26th, the online publication “tvalsazrisi.ge” published an article titled “Croatian President’s statement once again proves that NATO is on the verge of collapse.” The author of the article, Irakli Jankarashvili, writes that in the event of a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the Croatian government will withdraw its military personnel from NATO forces....

With the escalation of the tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the mobilization of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, “Politicano” – a Facebook page linked to the Primakov Russian-Georgian Public Center – has become relatively active on social media. Namely, the page has so far published and sponsored at least 8 posts that specifically...

On January 18th, 2022, Giorgi Kardava, one of the leaders of the Conservative Movement, spoke about the Public Ombudsman and the State Inspector’s Offices in Alt-Info’s program “Alternative Vision”. Kardava noted that these institutions are not subject to state regulation and, hence, represent tools in the hands of external actors, which contradicts the rule of...

On January 13th, during the talk show ‘Alternative Vision,’ Giorgi Kardava, a member of the newly-created ‘Conservative Movement,’ spoke about a recently released report by Human Rights Watch. The report stressed that in 2021, Georgia experienced a setback in the field of human rights, noting that the events of July 5th demonstrate the inability of...

On January 12th, the Tbilisi City Court heard the controversial money laundering case against the founders of TBC Bank – Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze. The court found Khazaradze and Japaridze guilty of fraud; however, they were not put to jail since the statute of limitations were passed by the time of the ruling. During...

On January 17th, a photo of Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of the Georgian Dream, was published in the name of Shalva Kutchashvili, the founder of the Tsinvla movement. The picture was accompanied by the following text: “We must evict the IDPs from Tbilisi soon.” The description of the post quotes that after 30 years, Georgia...

On January 4th, 2022, during their visit to Alt-Info’s program “Alternative Vision,” members of the newly-created ‘Conservative Movement,’ Zurab Makharadze, Giorgi Kardava and Irakli Martinenko, spoke about the U.S. financial assistance to Georgia. On January 5th, an excerpt from the program, which directly concerned the U.S. aid was shared on the Facebook page of Alt-Info, as well...

On January 10th, 2022, the Facebook account “Political Satire” published the following quote in the name of Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of the “Lelo – for Georgia” party: “All this happens by the instructions of Vladimir Putin, he doesn’t need me free, because like Misha [Saakashvili], I am the guarantee of the independence of this...

On December 8th, the Facebook profile ‘Sulieri Samkaro’ [Spiritual World] published a post claiming that Elvis Presley is alive, citing a rumble.com video where an elderly man is seen singing. Apart from showing the footage of the man singing, his photos are compared to Elvis Presley’s pictures from different angles. The claim that Arkansas-based pastor Bob Joyce is...