On September 14, 2019, a web portal Tvm.ge and later, on September 15, public movement Georgian Idea released identical articles headlined “Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti will demand “independence” if Georgia joins NATO.” The article discusses separatist sentiments of ethnic Armenian citizens of Georgia residing in Samtskhe-Javakheti region and quotes MP Shirak Torosyan of the Armenian National...
On September 10, at the 5th Tbilisi International Conference, organized by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) and the McCain Institute for International Leadership, the former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced an initiative that the Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty be enacted for occupied Georgian terriotires only after the country...
On September 9, 2019 (date of publishing an article is changed on daily basis) Russian-language website pressa-segodnya.online published an article entitled, “Student Wunderkind from Georgia is Granted a Highest Medical Award of the Country for Discovery the Treatment of Papilloma Virus and Parasites” (Студент-вундеркинд из Грузии получил высшую медицинскую награду страны за открытие способа лечения...
On September 11, 2019, Sputnik Abkhazia released comments by political analyst, Armen Gasparyan on the perspectives of Georgia’s NATO membership. Gasparyan skeptically evaluated Georgia’s chances of becoming a member of the alliance, noting that there is no time for systemic economic and political reforms, because Georgia’s economy has suffered serious damage after losing Russian tourists....
After Georgian media outlets misinterpreted the remarks made by former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Russian news agency RIA Novosti falsified Rasmussen’s quotes. According to the article released by RIA Novosti on September 10, Rasmussen offers Georgia to join NATO without Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. The quotes do not include the fragment, where...
On September 8, 2019, a TV report about the Anaklia Port was aired on NTV, a Russian state television. An NTV journalist tried to frame the issue as if the construction of Anaklia Port is only in the interests of the United States. According to him, the idea of building Anaklia Port is associated with...
On September 10, an online news agency Interpressnews released an article headlined “Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Georgia should start discussion of whether it would be acceptable to join NATO without Abkhazia and “South Ossetia.”” The article contains extracts from Rasmussen’s interview, where he speaks about NATO-Georgia relations and future membership. Later, Interpressnews amended the headline, as...
On August 30, on air at TV Obiektivi, the leader of Free Georgia Kakha Kukava stated that the support of the Western countries towards Georgia is only expressed in recognizing the occupation of the country and that Georgia should not have more expectations of them, as the West still does not grant Georgia right to...
On September 2-3, 2019, a Facebook page “Stalin” released a number of manipulative posts containing false reports about the developments around the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Some posts represented extracts from the articles released by online newspaper Georgia and World. The main purpose of the Facebook page was to discredit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople....
On August 15, 2019, online edition tvm.ge published “Georgia and World’s” article, which states about possible legalization of marijuana and club drugs and which was spread by a primary source in 2017. It is noted in the article, as if parents cannot reproach children in case of drug use, since non-governmental organizations will protect their...
On August 25, 2019, in TV Obiektivi program Night Studio, an MP of the ruling party Georgian Dream, Karlo Kopaliani commented on the Six-Point Peace Plan between Russia and Georgia, mediated by France during the war in August 2008. Namely, Kopaliani said that then President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili categorically refused to sign the agreement...
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