After the NATO summit held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on July 11-12, cover images of several famous publications with the image of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were distributed on social media. Since July 12, 2023, Georgian- (1,2) and Russian-language (1,2,3,4) Facebook accounts have been publishing a cover photo of the German...

After the NATO summit held in Vilnius on July 11-12, Georgian and Russian-language (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Facebook accounts have been actively circulating a photo depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Zelenskyy extends his hand to Stoltenberg for a handshake, and Stoltenberg looks at him. Part of the...

On July 2, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a post, claiming that in case of joining the European Union, Georgia would have to receive millions of migrants. According to the author of the post, the economy of Georgia is not ready to receive “countless number of migrants,” which will pose a threat to the...

On July 9-11, 2023, Georgian (1, 2) and Russian-language accounts (1, 2) published posts containing photos and videos about the logos depicted on the popular products. In one video, a German-speaking person points to frog logos on products in a supermarket, while another focuses on the same sign on products sold on the supermarket’s website....

On July 8, 2023, a group mobilized by the pro-Russian and anti-liberal “Conservative Movement” party disrupted the planned “Tbilisi Pride Fest” in the vicinity of Lisi Lake and destroyed the constructions designated for the festival. After the violent incident, representatives and supporters of the pro-Kremlin “Alt-Info” and other anti-liberal groups published a number of photos...

On July 5-7, 2023, Georgian (1, 2) and Russian-language Facebook accounts published a post according to which official posters in the New York subway threatened people with death if they did not respect transgender people. The posts contain pictures of the posters, which feature the inscription “Respect trans people or your pronouns will be “was/were.”...

On July 4, 2023, the Facebook page, “I Ucnobi” published a video concerning the current news in the world. Among others, the video and post description entailed the following claims: Belgium has become the first country in the world where the promotion of traditional family values is criminalized; The University of North Carolina removed the...

On July 4, 2023, Facebook user Irakli Antidze published a post with the following caption: “No one has fired the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, he is still there today.” The claim that the Russian ambassador to Ukraine is still in Ukraine is false. In January-February 2022, Russia evacuated all diplomats and their family members from...

On July 2-5, two alleged quotes of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, regarding the protests taking place in France were disseminated on social media. Russian-language Facebook accounts (1,2) have been spreading the quote, according to which Zelenskyy asks the Europeans how they feel without Ukraine, reminding them that for many years, Ukraine offered them...

On June 29-30, 2023, Georgian- (1,2) and Russian-language (1,2) Facebook accounts and pages (1,2) disseminated the information that, according to Politico, the lives of 20 million Ukrainians will be needed to return the territory of Ukraine. Some of the posts also feature a screenshot of a Politico article, on which we see the title: “20,000,000...

On June 2, 2023, a fragment of the interview with the Iranian media – Press TV by the American ex-lieutenant, Scott Bennett, was published in the Facebook group “Antilab-Georgia.” Bennett claims that biological weapons were being created on the territory of Ukraine under the leadership of the US. According to Bennett, this process started in...

Update 7.07.23: An August 2022 Google Maps shot of New York’s Fifth Avenue was added to the article, as well as a June 2023 shot showing yellow traffic lights. On June 29-30, 2023, Georgian and Russian-language (1, 2) Facebook accounts published a video depicting an English-language banner with the following inscription: “No Zelensky, No War.”...