Ever since the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) prevented the execution of the judgment passed by Georgian Supreme Court regarding the Rustavi 2 case, a lot of misinformation has spread throughout Georgian media about ECHR. A predominant idea, within the latter misconceptions, being that the European Court did not react to violations of Human...

In its March 6-12, 2017 issue, the journal “Asaval-Dasavali” published an interview with a Georgia Public Broadcasting TV correspondent, Giorgi Popkhadze, in which he states, that France, quite commonly, does not abide by the decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). To illustrate these claims, he named the case of scientologists and...

Starting March 28th, 2017, Georgian citizens will have the ability to travel to countries belonging to the European Union/ the Schengen zone, on short-term visits, without a Visa. Various tabloids, or Kremlin-affiliated media, as well as politicians have been spreading several myths and disinformations, regarding visaliberalisation. Myth Detector is offering you an overview of the...

On 5th March, the Georgian and Russian media have spread information as if the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs proposed an opening of Refugee Camps in Georgia, Egypt and the Western Balkans. The primary source of Information is the German tabloid edition BILD.de, which in an interview published on March 4 with the Austrian Foreign Minister...

On February 21, 2017, Sputnik Georgia posted a material on its Russian-language website with a title “Georgia may allow lesbianism and homosexuality.” Six days later, on February 27, the editorial board retitled the article – “Georgia wants to ban female genital mutilation.” The article, whose homophobic title was later replaced by a relatively neutral title, concerns the legislative...

Pro-Kremlin and Ethno-Nationalist media often cites Russia’s input in the development of Georgia as a counterbalance against the background of the integration of Georgia into the West. For instance, an Asaval-Dasavali journalist claims that Russia “opened a way” to Georgia, while the visa liberalization with the EU endangers the existence of Georgian identity. Dito Chubinidze,...

On February 25, 1921, the Soviet Red Army entered Tbilisi. This date is considered the day of “sovietization” of Georgia following the Government of Georgia leaving the capital city on February 24. There are several false beliefs in history about this date. Myth Detector presents you the factual information about the Soviet occupation. Myth N1...

On February 3, 2017, “Saqartvelo da Msoflio” (Georgia and the World) published on its website an article by political analyst Irakli Ubilava “Unipolar world is at an end.What to expect for Georgia? “. The article uses an interview given by Alexander Chachia in 2006, in which he accuses the US of destroying cultural and historical identity of...

Georgian media periodically spreads information, that Georgia’s integration in the EU may result in the deterioration of the economic situation. To illustrate this, they often cite the example of the Baltic states, as if after the Euro-Atlantic integration they have suffered from a significant economic harm and they lag behind all other European countries by...

On February 6, “Geworld” repeated a popular myth among Georgian tabloid media outlets about the so-called “Allen Dulles’ Plan” in an article titled “Events are Occurring in Georgia in Accordance with Dulles’ Plan”. According to this conspiracy theory, during the Cold War, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen Dulles, elaborated a plan to...

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