On March 13, the digital edition of the newspaper “Akhali Taoba” published the information with the headline “Ekaterine Tikaradze will not be vaccinated with AstraZeneca”. The article contains the comment from Ekaterine Tikaradze stating she will not use her status and receive a vaccine before the citizens who need it the most. Article of...

On February 25, Georgian online media outlet Versia published an article headlined “Georgians moving to Germany for work will be paid wages and withheld income taxes in Georgia.” Speaking in the interview with the media outlet, Spain-based Levan Simonishvili, head of Georgian Emigrants Association, claimed that food and accommodation expenses of Georgian seasonal workers will...

On February 26, 2021, the United Opposition held a protest rally demanding snap parliamentary elections and the release of Nika Melia. Participants of “March for Freedom” initially gathered at Tbilisi Concert Hall and then marched towards the parliament building. Pro-government, anti-opposition Facebook pages and anti-liberal groups attempted to question the legitimacy of the protest by...

On February 28, Soso Manjavidze, a pro-government expert, published a post on Facebook. He claims that the U.S. Congress has passed the Equality Act, abolishing legal definition of biological sex. Manjavidze notes that everyone who believes that God created human beings as men and women will be considered haters and punished; moreover, anyone will be...

Update: After the publication of the material, Shota Apkhaidze addressed the Myth Detector, stating that he had never been the editor of NewsFront, despite the fact that he was mentioned as the editor of this publication in February 2020. Apkhaidze also denies his current association with the Eurasian Institute, saying he only worked for the...

On February 17, 2021, an online edition Sputnik-Ossetia published a fragment of a radio program concerning the independence of the so-called South Ossetia. The program included an opinion of a candidate of historical sciences, Teimuraz Tadtaev. He claimed that the so-called South Ossetia joined the Russian Empire before Georgia, and later, in 1917, when it...

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s February 18 statement about resignation has triggered mixed reactions in the public and caused confusion among government officials and political experts. There were no signs of a clear discrediting campaign against Giorgi Gakharia, but part of government trolls tried to slam his decision as an irresponsible, perfidious act that strengthens...

On February 17, based on a decision of Tbilisi City Court, the bail for a leader of the United National Movement (UNM), Nika Melia, was replaced with imprisonment. Melia was arrested on February 23 in the office of the opposition. The arrest of one of the leaders of the opposition was followed by protest and...

Before police detained Nika Melia, leader of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, during a special operation at the party headquarters, international partners called on the Georgian government to de-escalate tensions and avoid deepening polarization caused by the political impasse following the 2020 parliamentary elections. They also called on the opposition to end their...

On September 16, at 10:20, pro-Georgian Dream Facebook page “ლიდერი 41” (Leader 41) published a photo, showing Gigi Tsereteli of the opposition European Georgia party along with Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov and other persons. The page notes that the meeting was held in the OSCE format on April 22, 2019 and that the Gavrilov case...

On February 4, 2021, Facebook user Giorgi Danelia shared Igor Isaev’s Russian-language post with Georgian translation in the group „კორონა მაფია“ (Corona Mafia). The author of the post claims that coronavirus doesn’t exist, whereas COVID-19 a new name for influenza; According to the post, scientists admitted that they weren’t able to isolate the virus, and...

On February 1, Facebook user Givi Chachanidze published a post which, as he claims, cites “qualified Georgian doctor” and states that vaccines “rejected” in Israel are brought to Georgia. Particularly, vaccines in question are the ones that have adverse effects. The author of the text doesn’t name the qualified doctor and calls for Georgians to...