On May 21, “Georgian Dream” MP Salome Kurasbediani held a briefing, where she discussed the opinion published by the Venice Commission, which concerns the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” initiated and adopted by the ruling “Georgian Dream” party. Kurasbediani made several statements regarding the commission’s conclusion, noting that: In its opinion, the Venice Commission,...

“Myth Detector” revealed 7 Facebook pages that published posts using the visuals of Georgia Today and Tabula during May 6-17. Among such Facebook pages are:  Poeta Day (1,2,3), News Georgia, BMA production (1,2), Kzinv, News Ge, News Ge 24/7, Tonerin. The posts published by these pages have the appearance of news stories and are thematically...

On May 18-19, pro-government media POSTV, news agencies INFO9 and Digest, as well as the Facebook page Gogaggg published a video of actress Nanka Kalatozishvili, in which she says: “I really envy Ukrainians.” The video continues with videos of Ukrainian cities and buildings destroyed by Russia, graves of injured people and soldiers, followed by the...

On May 16, Deacon Basil Akhvlediai published a video, which allegedly depicts how Ukrainians celebrated Easter at the Ukrainian Cathedral of the Mother of God. In the video, we see people wearing Roman military uniforms, holding shields and spears, entering the temple. At the end of the video, they drop their weapons and run. According...

On May 16, pro-government media outlets: Imedi (1,2), POSTV, Newshub, Kvira, Reporter, and Marchalpress disseminated a quote from the statement made by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: “Do you understand what membership means? You are to surrender part of sovereignty; that’s how the system works, and part of sovereignty, as I’ve told you, is transferred...

A protest poster is being circulated on Russian-language accounts on Facebook and Instagram networks, which shows a protest participant holding a poster with the inscription in Russian: Путин ты мой рот е**л (Putin, you fu*k my mouth). Social media users say this is because the Russian language is no longer taught in Georgia. The same...

On May 14, a Facebook user, Georgian Caucasian, posted a video showing blurry images of posters pasted on the parliament building. In a message posted along with the video, the account claimed: “Stepan Bandera’s photos on the wall of the parliament!! The process is an exact analogy to Ukraine, copied from it!” A journalist from...

On May 13, businessman Fady Asly and a member of the Imereti regional council of the United National Movement, Irakli Gvalia, as well as TV company Akhali disseminated a quote by former Health Minister and Member of Parliament Davit Sergeenko in the social network that he “is ashamed that he was with them in the...

On May 12, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a photo collage of the Pope. The photos show that the Pope has an LGBTQ+ flag wrapped around his shoulders.  The photo is accompanied by a caption in Russian: “Russia is the last pillar of the Christian world.” Catholicism is over.” The user writes that Russia is...

On May 7, the Facebook user, Oboladze Gia, posted a photo with the caption: “Beware, they are coming.” The photo shows a group of people wearing different masks. The posted photo gives the impression that it has just been taken and is related to the ongoing protests against the so-called law on agents. The circulated...

On April 25, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that in order to revoke the visa-free regime for Georgia, the EU would need “the approval of 27 member states to start the revocation process, let alone the revocation itself.” On April 26, the leader of the parliamentary majority, Mamuka Mdinaradze, wrote on his personal Facebook page...

On April 25, an anonymous Facebook page, Agentura, posted a message about amendments made by MEP Rasa Juknevičienė to the resolution of the European Parliament. The card accompanying the post lists the following demands: Saakashvili should be released, Ivanishvili should be sanctioned, the draft foreign influence transparency law should be halted, Bacho Akhalaia should be...