On January 22, 2024, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a post, according to which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on the annexation of Rostov, Krasnodar, Belgorod and Bryansk by Ukraine. The post is accompanied by a screenshot of the Telegram post, which notes in the Ukrainian language that “Zelenskyy’s decree – Rostov, Krasnodar,...

On January 20-22, 2024, a video was circulated on Facebook (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) along with the claim that it was filmed in the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The same video was distributed by the online portal Georgia First NEWS and the Facebook page of the Movement “Dzlevai Sakvirveli.” The authors of the posts note that the Orthodox...

On January 17, Facebook users (1, 2, 3), including lawyer Irakli Zakareishvili, shared a video claiming to be taken at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The speaker in the video addresses the founder of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, who is sitting nearby, with insulting words, after which Schwab leaves the panel. One...

On January 16, Georgian-speaking Facebook users (1,2,3) disseminated the information that two employees of the Commissariat of Ukraine came to the door to a citizen to deliver a summons, and the citizen shot one of them after opening the door. The information is being shared along with a 2-second video, in which two people are...

Update: An article by Россикая Газета, which was published in January 2023 and was related to another video, was removed from the introduction of the article. On January 15, 2024, Georgian-language Facebook accounts disseminated (1;2) the information that almost the entire composition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces rifle battalion refuses to obey the order to...

On January 11, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a video allegedly depicting a staging of the sacrifice of a “goy child” in a synagogue. The video shows that an Orthodox Jewish man is allegedly participating in the ritual of hanging a doll, while those gathered in the hall are celebrating. The video is being...

On January 15, the Facebook page “Agentura” published a photo depicting the members of the “Lelo for Georgia” party. The photo, which shows the icon of Stalin behind Mamuka Khazaradze, is accompanied by an ironic description- “The photo was sent to us from the Political Council of Lelo. The photo demands observation.” The page has...

On January 13, 2023, the anonymous Facebook account “Information Analytical Union” published a post claiming that, according to an article by the Israeli publication Haaretz, local law enforcement agencies did not find any evidence or eyewitnesses that confirmed the mass rape of prisoners by Hamas fighters on October 7. According to the author of the...

On January 12, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook users (1, 2) published a photo, which, according to their claim, shows the icon of the meeting of Joseph Stalin and Saint Matrona of Moscow placed in the Orthodox Church in Greece. The users disseminate the photo with a false description. In fact, the icon does not depict the...

On January 12, 2024, news portal Pia.ge, as well as the conservative portal “Georgia First” (1;2;3) and its founder Vato Shakarishvili reported that the newly appointed Prime Minister of France appointed his partner as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The same information was spread during January 13-14 by other Georgian-speaking Facebook accounts as well (1,...

On January 9-10, 2024, a Georgian-speaking Facebook user disseminated the claim (1;2) that the police discovered a secret tunnel in the New York synagogue, from which bloody mattresses and baby hammockს were retrieved. The author of the posts suggests that the purpose of the tunnels was to traffic minors, abuse them and conduct “Talmudic-Satanic sacrifices...

On January 5-6, 2024, Georgian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.) and Russian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3.) published posts on Facebook accusing various celebrities of pedophilia and linking them with Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused for child trafficking. One of the posts published by the user shows a photo collage, where in one...