On June 29, Facebook user Shore Shanidze published a photo of a man and noted in her post that Tbilisi Transport Company employee Giorgi Alashvili, aged 49, died a few hours after receiving the second dose of Sinopharm vaccine. Shore Shanidze refers to Facebook user TorNike Mrevlishvili as a source, however, his post can no...

On June 22, Facebook user Giorgi Dzidziguri shared a photo depicting Georgian Patriarch Ilia II to a public group “გასამართლდეს ნაციონალური მოძრაობა!” (Bring the National Movement to Justice). The photo is accompanied by the quote attributed to the Patriarch: “I will end Natsi band.” The photo was uploaded on Facebook page “ეკლესია ლიბერასტების წინააღმდეგ” (Church...

During Alt-Info TV program “Alt-Interview” on June 16, Tatia Gabritchidze, the host of the program, and her guest, Georgian cleric Giorgi Vashalomidze, spoke about recent developments around the Georgian Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage. The program host noted that compulsory religious education is regulated well in the schools of European countries and that teaching dominant religion...

On June 23, TV Rustavi 2 disseminated information about a conspiracy meeting in Washington between Giorgi Gakharia, former prime minister of Georgia, the current leader of the party “For Georgia”, and Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of “National Movement” and former president, which was substantiated by the fact that the former president and prime minister had stayed...

The 21-27 June issue of the newspaper “Asaval-dasavali” published a comment from the “Rights Defenders’ Union” chairperson Nikoloz Mzhavanadze noting that Guram Kashia, within the “Equality Program”, goes from village to village in Guria and talks about gay couples to children.   Nikoloz Mzhvanadze, Rights Defenders’ Union: “When renowned Serbian football player Mateja Kezman has...

Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria became the target of pro-Kremlin and antiliberal groups after Bishop Spiridon (Abuladze) of Skhalta refused to permit the Public Defender’s monitoring visit to the Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage. Myth Detector has identified the actors involved in the campaign of discrediting the Public Defender on social and traditional media. In particular:...

  On June 9, 2021, a Facebook user სამყარო სამყარო (World World) shared a post with a photo and a quote by the Head of Tbilisi Pride, which claimed that he was allegedly threatening pro-Russian activists: “Our time will come too and I am already promising that Stalin’s repressions will be nothing in comarison”. The...

On May 19, the digital portal “Georgia and World” published an article titled “Georgia and Ukraine are No Longer Invited to NATO Summit” based on the Russian webpage iarex.ru. The article notes that even though official Tbilisi and Kyiv decided to attend the summit in any ranks, following the meeting of ambassadors of NATO member-states,...

On May 31, 2021, Giorgi Gigauri, an Asaval-Dasavali journalist published a post on his Facebook page claiming that the Ministry of Education and the UN Population Fund opened an Equality Corner in one of the village schools in Zugdidi Municipality. Gigauri claimed that the opening of the Equality Corner confirms that “gender identity” and “LGBT...

A protest rally was held in Tbilisi on May 23 against the construction of the Namakhvani Hydropower Plant in western Georgia’s Rioni Gorge. The organizers and participants of the rally returned from Tbilisi to the village of Gumati late on May 26. During this period, various comments were being spread to discredit the organizers and...

On May 29, former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia inaugurated a new political party “For Georgia.” Gakharia was elected as the chairman of the party at the inaugural congress. The inauguration of the new political party triggered mixed reactions on social media. Part of Facebook pages supporting the government and discrediting the opposition, as well...

On May 25, a Facebook user Nini Jgharkava disseminated a screenshot allegedly from the official Facebook page of Giorgi Gakharia, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, which said: “Bidzina Ivanishvili is building the hydroelectric power plant and they are demanding my arrest at the manifestations.” The screenshot of the official page of Giorgi Gakharia is...