Speculations on NATO air operation in Kosovo in 1999, targeting the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, appear periodically in Georgian media. For instance, on October 5, 2016, an interview of the Head of Mokhisi Saint George Church, Father Grigol Mezvrishvili was published on the website of Georgia and World: “Orthodox Serbia was bombarded...

Brīvības un Solidaritātes Fonds released the publication “Resisting Foreign State Propaganda in the New Information Environment: the case of the EU, Russia, and the Eastern Partnership countries”. The book collects expert opinions regarding policy responses against Russian propaganda efforts both at EU level and within EaP countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova), provides in-depth analysis of current...

In September 26 – October 2 issue, Asaval-Dasavali published a material in which the host of a program Особая Статья (“Special Article”) on Russian TV channel, Zvezda, Alexiy Gudoshnikov claimed that Europe and the United States are interested in military actions in Ukraine, due to their interest in illegal organ trade business. More precisely, the article...

There was active discussion on social media in Georgia surrounding a recent article published by Sputnik Georgia. The piece covered and reported about a movie directed by a priest in the Dighomi district of Tbilisi, Father Ioane Chigogidze. The movie is titled “Who Won the War”. According to the film, Stalin built around 20,000 churches after...

Conspiracy theories about 11 September terrorist attack periodically appear in Georgian Media claiming that it was conducted by the U.S itself. For example, on September 15, 2016 the web-page of the newspaper “Georgia & World published the article named “Sinners punished by the fire” or Babtist version of September 11” which says: “Video record of collapsing twin...

On September 11, 2016, Marshalpress published a Facebook post by Robert Sturua, which contained disinformation about introducing U.S. potatoes to Svaneti. In particular: “Several years ago the Métis brought red U.S. potatoes and distributed them among farmers free of charge… The population yielded abundant crops and naive Svans replaced local species by genetically modified potatoes...

Georgian media often disseminates myths about anti-Georgian activities of a philanthropist, George Soros. An interview of the leader of political union Georgian Idea, Sandro Bregadze, containing another disinformation, was published in September 12-18, 2016 edition of Asaval-Dasavali. More precisely, Sandro Bregadze made the following statement: “The Georgian population should know by any means – the...

On September 8, 2016, an article by Iza Tamazashvili was published on Georgia and World website, in which she states: “Where was the West during the Great Patriotic War, when the United States and England were funding Hitler, whereas the Western countries were suffering under the domination of Fascist Germany? Was not it Stalin, who saved...

After Georgia and World, now Asaval-Dasavali newspaper is publishing the disinformation on experiments on breeding humans and animals in American research institutes. An article by Giorgi Gigauri was published in the August 22-28 issue of Asaval-Dasavali, entitled “America is About to Breed a Human with an Animal”, where the author states: “American research institutes have...

On August 15, the false information was spread via social network as if Alabama senator had confused country of Georgia’s Olympic team with the team of the state of Georgia and wrote an open letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee. The article was published by the English-speaking satirical-comic portal US daily mail. According to the...

On August 10, 2016, the Law on Preventing Violence in Family, on Protecting and Helping Victims of Family Violence was amended. This law implies tools for removal of a minor from the family in case of violence or risk of violence upon social worker’s decision. Part of society, including clerics, has been trying to present the amendments...

Last week, materials with identical title – “Грузины просят ввести встрану российские войска” (Georgians demand sending Russian troops)– were disseminated on Russian media portals Правда, e-News and Колокол Росcии (“Bell of Russia”) and a group on a social network Odnoklassniki named “ЗНАТЬ ПРАВДУ- ВАШЕ ПРАВО!” (“To know the truth is your right!”). In the published publications, the request of Georgians to send Russian troops...