On October 28, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook accounts reported (1, 2)  that after the ban on Orthodoxy in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians came to the streets to defend their beliefs and organized a march to the Pochaiv Lavra. The posts are accompanied by a video showing people marching with icons and crosses. The claim...

On October 26, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user disseminated the claim that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signed the “Internationally Recognized Territorial Integrity of Georgia” during the 3+3 format. The disseminated information is false. Russia recognizes the so-called independence of the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali and Sergey Lavrov did not support the territorial integrity of...

On October 19, 2023, the Facebook page Jorge Minaya published an interview with Giorgi Gabunia, the director and journalist of the “Mtavari Channel”, with the catchy headline: “What happened to Giorgi Gabunia and is this the end of his career?” On the cover of the article accompanying the post, we read that Giorgi Gabunia had...

On October 25, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook users (1, 2) disseminated posts claiming that Israel targeted and bombarded thirsty children gathered near a water tank in the Gaza Strip. According to one of the users, Israel turned on the water supply to Gaza’s water for a couple of hours precisely to achieve similar goals. The posts...

On October 25-26, Facebook users published a post (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), according to which the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said that Davit Gareji is part of Georgia. According to the posts, Aliyev made this statement after studying the maps sent by the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili. According to the posts, the President of Azerbaijan...

On October 10, 2023, George Volski, the first deputy chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, stated in the POSTV program “Post Analytics” that the trade between the EU and Russia has increased. According to Volski: Europe’s share in Russia’s trade sphere is 32%, which is 10 points higher than that  China’s share; The amount of...

On October 20 and 21, 2023, Georgian- (1;2;3) and Russian-language (1;2;3;4) Facebook accounts and pages (1;2) published information about the burning of the Israeli Embassy in Bahrain. A video accompanying the posts shows up to 20 people allegedly throwing “Molotov cocktails” at the building, which is engulfed in flames. The video is being circulated with...

On October 18-19, Georgian- (1,2) and Russian-language Facebook accounts (1,2,3,4) disseminated the claim that a black flag was raised on the grave of Imam Reza in the Khorasan province of Iran, which according to tradition is a declaration of war and revenge. The claim that the black flag erected at the shrine of Imam Reza...

On October 12, 2023, Russian language media utyug.info, as well as Russian and Georgian speaking Facebook accounts circulated a claim that a famous Israeli pastry shop had baked a cake shaped like a gallows with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, depicted as hanged from it. These claims purportedly traced their origin to an article in...

On October 13, 2023, an anonymous Georgian-language Facebook account published a video, which, according to the Georgian language description, depicts a convoy of vehicles from Egypt to Gaza to join the “Jihad.” The video is accompanied by a caption in Arabic that reads: “Open the borders and prepare to support our Palestinian brothers.” In addition,...

Since January 2023, a network of Facebook pages has appeared on the social network, spreading anti-Western messages through sponsored posts. By using the so-called memes, these Facebook pages act in a coordinated manner to amplify misinformation and reinforce stereotypes in society that joining the European Union means rejecting traditional values and strengthening the rights of...

On October 14, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a video in which we see how a large group of people move with white bags hanging on their backs. The video is accompanied by a description that Egyptians have crossed the border with Gaza on foot to deliver water and food to the people of the...