On February 29 and March 1, 2024, Georgian and Russian-language Facebook users (1, 2) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China and Russia are partners and friends, and in the event that, under the influence of the United States, NATO starts a conflict with Russia, China will use military resources at his disposal...

On February 21, 2024, during the program “Anatomy of Liberalism” of the pro-government POSTV, Georgian journalist Giorgi Akhvlediani stated that according to all international studies, the vast majority of children raised by same-sex parents become “people of non-traditional sexual orientation.” The voiced claim is partly false. A number of studies about children raised by same-sex...

On February 22-23, Russian media outlets (1,2,3), including EurAsia Daily and Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, published an audio recording in which, according to the media, Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, told Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya that she accuses her of transferring Navalny’s property to her own name, causing a rift between...

On February 12, the Russian propaganda media outlets Russia Today (1,2) and RIA Novosti (1,2) spread information about the testing of “dangerous” drugs in Mariupol “in the interests of Western companies.” According to RIA Novosti, the drugs were tested on patients of a psychiatric hospital, which is confirmed by the documents obtained. The RIA Novosti...

Shortly after Navalny’s death, an allegation circulated on social networks, blaming a Pfizer vaccine for Navalny’s sudden death. Georgian-speaking (1,2,3) and Russian-speaking Facebook users (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) claimed that Navalny died from a blood clot caused by the Pfizer vaccine and that he was among those 20% who could die due to the vaccine’s side effects. According...

On February 8, the program “Sum-Up of the Day with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze” on the Sezoni TV channel aired a report about the attempt to open the so-called “second front” in Georgia. The report featured a comment by David Kramer, the Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute, as if saying that Georgia should regain...

American journalist, and former Fox News host, Tucker Carlson is the first Western journalist to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia’s full-scale military intervention in Ukraine. The two-hour conversation with Putin was published on Carlson’s website and social networks on February 8. The Russian president’s press secretary confirmed that Carlson was honored to interview...

On February 13, Georgian media outlets (1;2;3), including the Public Broadcaster and the pro-government POSTV and Imedi, based on the Twitter page World of Statistics, covered the statistics about the safety of walking alone at night in Europe. According to the list, Georgia ranks 4th among European countries.  In addition, Imedi and PosTV prepared stories...

On February 5, 2024, the State Security Service found an explosive substance weighing up to 14 kg on the territory of Georgia, which, according to the agency, was brought from the Ukrainian city of Odesa through Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, and through the checkpoint “Sarpi” in Georgia, for export to the Russian city of Voronezh....

On February 8-11, 2023, Georgian and Russian-language Facebook accounts disseminated the information that the Ukrainian Oshadbank has started blocking the cards of customers who avoid general conscription and do not report to the military commissariat. As proof, the authors of the posts attached a photo of a written message sent by Oshadbank, which reads: “Your...

On February 8, 2024, an anonymous Facebook user “Anti-Liberal” shared a photo of the US ambassador to Georgia, Robin Dunnigan, with a quote: “Georgia is already a member of the European Union, Georgians just don’t realize that; the main thing is to hold a Gay Pride, the pension will be 800 EUR. – R. Dunnigan.”...

On February 5-6, Russian-language Facebook accounts and Telegram channels (1;2;3) disseminated a screenshot of a Russian-language article by “Deutsche Welle”, on which we read that “forced mobilization in the regions controlled by Kyiv may be a special operation of the Kremlin.” The same screenshot was shared on social media on September 1, 2023 as well....