On July 12, the video was spread on Facebook, where Bishop Spiridon Abuladze preaches in Iveria Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral of Khitchauri about the threats existing in the country. The clergyman stated during the preaching that incest is legalized in American countries. Bishop Spiridon’s statement is a disinformation, since incest is most severely punished in the USA....

The appearance of Russian State Duma MP from the Communist Party, Sergei Gavrilov in the Georgian Parliament Speaker’s seat during the session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) on June 20, 2019 sparked protest among the parliamentary opposition and Georgian citizens, who started gathering outside the Parliament building. The anti-occupation rally dubbed “It’s a...

UPDATE: After publishing the Myth Detector’s article, Facebook page “ლიდერი 41” has apologized for publishing false information. On July 8, 2019, an article was published on a portal Entire Week (მთელი კვირა) claiming that two Russian fighter jets left the Sochi Air Base and violated the Georgian-controlled airspace. Identical information, based on the same primary...

A news report claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin is allegedly getting ready to invade Georgia went viral on Facebook recently. According to the same report, the U.S. Intelligence Service has confirmed it. On July 6, the news report was posted by Newpost.com.ge and TVM News.ge A day later, on July 7, the same report...

On June 26, Russian media outlets spread three news stories about the developments in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region: On June 26, Russia Today released an  article, according to which Ukrainian troops were pulling back from the frontline because of the lack of military resources. On June 26, Russian website News Front wrote that the United States...

On June 22, 2019, Facebook user Maka Imerlishvili posted on her page that two Russian citizens had been physically assaulted at Hypermarket Carrefour in Tbilisi. She released the post in the context of recent protest rallies in the capital and linked the protesters to the reports spread by her. Maka Imerlishvili’s post was later reposted...

Giga Abashidze Giga Abashidze has a BA degree in International Relations from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with additional specialization in Far Eastern Regional Studies. PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Inashvili against the Term “Occupation” Disinformation as if Russian Fighter Jets Intervened in Georgia Nika Azikuri Nika Azikuri has a BA degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities from...

The attempt by Russian MP from the Communist Party, Sergei Gavrilov to address the delegates of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) during its 26th session in Russian from the Georgian Parliament Speaker’s seat triggered opposition’s protest as well as unrests outside the Parliament building in the capital on June 20. Recent developments in Tbilisi...

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On June 6, 2019, Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, the Leader of the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, stated on air at TV Obiektivi that no shops in the center of Batumi are owned by Georgians and that everything there belongs to the citizens of Turkey. Tarkhan-Mouravi also added that the Government of Georgia allegedly gave up Adjara....

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In the interview with Obieqtivi TV on June 11, 2019, Guram Nikolaishvili, a retired Georgian general, said that according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the status of a neutral country does not rule out NATO membership. Nikolaishvili noted that the NATO Secretary General spoke about Slovenia’s military non-alignment in the interview with one of...