On June 14-16, 2024, Georgian (1;2;3;4) and Russian-speaking (1;2;3) Facebook users shared footage from a video showing a man wearing a dress and high-heeled shoes. The authors of the posts claim that the video depicts a senior NATO officer. The authors of Facebook posts disseminate video manipulation. The claims that the video depicts a senior...

Since June 14, Georgian (1,2,3) and Russian-language Facebook accounts (1,2), Facebook pages, as well as Russian-language account fo Threads (1,2) have been reporting that Coca-Cola is returning to the Russian market, which is evidenced by the fact that the company applied for trademark registration in Russia in April. Part of the Facebook accounts disseminated the...

On June 7, during the prime time program of the pro-Kremlin Sezoni TV, political scientist Edisher Gvenetadze voiced the following assertions about the MEGOBARI Act registered in the US Congress and the “Georgian Charter” introduced by President Salome Zourabichvili: The Americans wrote in the MEGOBARI act that on October 27, if Georgians are not too...

On June 4-7, Georgian-language Facebook users (1, 2, 3, 4) disseminated an open letter by philosopher Zaza Shatirishvili, in which he talks about European countries and the US and states that there is a tragically difficult situation there. In the letter, Shatirishvili asserts that for the second decade in the European Union, “transparency has been replaced...

On May 29, 2024, Elizabeth Lane, an American actress of Georgian origin who serves as a TV anchor at  UNIFYD TV, was invited to the program “Gonieri” of the pro-Kremlin TV outlet “ERI Media.” During the last weeks, both the full version of the interview with Elizabeth Lane and fragments of the program were actively...

On June 9, a 30-second video showing a large-scale public prayer of Muslims was disseminated on social media. The author of the post claims that the footage was taken in Paris on June 9. The footage is being circulated with a false description. The Muslim shrine shown in the video is actually the Moscow Cathedral...

On May 20, Vakhtang Khomizurashvili, a guest on the “Comment of the Day” program of the Alt-Info TV company, stated that Latvian farmers will receive compensation from the EU for destroying their products. According to him, this is due to tough competition in the European market, and the EU is trying to get rid of...

From June 4 to 8, Georgian-language (1, 2, 3, 4) and Russian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3, 4) disseminated an LGBTQ+-themed photo illustration featuring a logo with the inscription, Kyiv Digital, and LGBTQ+ flags in the background. Facebook users wrote that for Pride Month, Kyiv metro has designed new metro cards featuring men kissing. In the...

On June 5, the anti-Western political party in the parliament, People’s Power, issued a statement regarding a US Congressional hearing that discussed the Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence adopted by the Parliament of Georgia. The statement also referred to the North Atlantic Alliance and its collective defense mechanism, in particular, Article 5. People’s...

  Elene Ebanoidze Elene, currently enrolled in GIPA’s Bachelor’s program in International Relations, is interested in the impact of propaganda on international politics. This fascination led her to participate in the Jan Karski Program for Young Georgian Leaders 2023. Concerned about the lack of intra-party democracy in Georgia, Elene finds out its detrimental effects on...

On May 31, speaking in the program “Sum-up of the Day with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze” on the Sezoni TV, the political secretary of the Solidarity for Peace party, Temur Pipia, said that Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili encouraged young people to commit an offence, “actually called for a forceful coup,” and, therefore, the relevant agencies must interrogate...

On May 27, the pro-Kremlin publication, Tbilisi24, carried an article titled “Exclusive: Zourabichvili’s government!” According to the article, within the scope of the Georgian charter proposed by the President to the political opposition, Salome Zourabichvili and representatives of the opposition have agreed to create an “interim, technocratic government” and have almost finalized discussions on the...