On October 26th, 2021,  Facebook page ნიკოლოზ გაბელაია • Nikoloz Gabelaia posted a picture of Mikheil Saakashvili with the following description: “26th Day of Hunger Strike | A photo spread on the Internet – #FreedomtoMisha.”. Within a few minutes, an identical post was published by Giorgi’s Page. The photo of Mikheil Saakashvili, on which the former president is one...

On October 18th., 2021, Facebook user Enri Oniani posted a photo of Georgia’s fourth president, Giorgi Margvelashvili, with the following caption: “I am ready to head the country for a second term.” The information disseminated by Enri Oniani, as if Giorgi Margvelashvili was ready to lead the country for a second term, is disinformation. No open-source contains...

On October 20th, 2021, Imedinews.ge, the official website of TV Imedi, published an article entitled “Irakli Lataria: I have obtained the full composition of the UNM’s shadow cabinet.” The article under the rubric “Reliable Source” states that expert Irakli Lataria published the information on his social network. The article was also shared on TV Imedi’s Facebook page. According to...

On October 6th, 2021, Sergei Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, hosted a joint press conference with his Iranian colleague Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. While discussing the existing geopolitical challenges in the Caucasus region, Lavrov stressed the need for a full restoration of existing transport routes and economic relations. According to Lavrov, the meeting once...

On October 2nd, the online publication Publishers.ge shared the information with the following headline: “Is Ivanishvili leaving the country? Urgent! A few minutes ago, a video was spread on the social network, depicting a helicopter arriving at Ivanishvili’s house. Where is he going?” The article is accompanied by a video shared by Facebook user Kakha Tilidze, but provides...

Shortly before the October 2nd local elections, Myth Detector identified 13 Facebook accounts with 11 posing as regional media outlets, one – as a page aimed to popularize a specific region and another – operating as a public and cultural page. The pages posing as regional media indicate in their descriptions that they are media...

On September 28th, the Facebook page სამეგრელო • Samegrelo published a post, claiming that the party “For Georgia” of Giorgi Gakharia, the former Prime Minister, takes the lead in the results of the pre-election survey carried out by the incumbent “Georgian Dream” party with 31% of the votes, leaving the ruling party (29%) behind. The post, indicating no source...

On September 25th, the Facebook page “Politics” published a video where the leader of the “Lelo” party, Mamuka Khazaradze, allegedly sings the song “Misha Magaria! [Misha is cool]. Accompanied by the logo of “Mtavari Arkhi,” the video appears with the following description: “Khazaradze sings to Misha.” The post by Politics represents video manipulation. The video...

On September 24th, the Facebook account “Georgian Emigrant” published a screenshot of “TV Imedi’s” post, stating that “Imedi” has acquired exclusive information that the lady who made Gakharia taste cocaine for the first time is none other than the current President of Georgia, Salome Zurabichvili. As of 14:00, September 24th, the post has accumulated 56 shares. The...

In response to a challenge from the ruling “Georgian Dream” party to conduct a pre-election drug screening, former Prime Minister and Tbilisi mayoral candidate Giorgi Gakharia stated that not to embarrass local forensics, he would take the screening in a foreign laboratory. On September 17th, on his personal Facebook page, Gakharia shared the results of an examination conducted at...

On August 30th, 2021, the U.S. has finished withdrawing its military forces from Afghanistan. The process itself started after reaching the agreement with the Taliban during Trump’s presidency in Doha. During the process, the Taliban accelerated the military campaign and seized control of the majority of the Afghan territories, including the capital city Kabul. Until...

The withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan was accompanied by the spread of several false and manipulative claims in the Georgian media. Namely: The U.S. has left the equipment worth 85 billion USD to the Taliban. The Afghan economy has not improved since 2001. The production of opium has increased 100 times since the...