On June 26, the Kremlin propaganda media outlets (Новости Первого канала, tass.ru, iz.ru, rbc.ru)  published a story, based on Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, about an agreement reached between the Kyiv authorities and UNESCO. According to the information, Kyiv and UNESCO agreed on the removal of Christian valuables from the territory of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra for...

Since June 22, after President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili pardoned Nika Gvaramia, the founder and former Director General of the private TV company Mtavari Arkhi, a number of manipulated photos have been circulating on social networks to discredit Zourabichvili. On 23-25 June, a photo of a woman who looks like Zourabichvili was posted on the...

On May 28, 2023, the Georgian pro-Kremlin media outlet “Georgia and World” published an article claiming that by order of the Pentagon, lethal strains of Avian Influenza were collected in Ukraine. The article further argues that the collection of Avian Influenza strains is linked to Avian Influenza outbreaks in Russia and other countries. The publication...

On June 15, 2023, a photo of the alleged cover of the German satirical magazine EULENSPIEGEL with the caption DER GEGEN AN GRIFF (Counterattack) was circulated on Facebook’s Russian-language accounts (1, 2), as well as on the Russian-language forums. In the photo, The word “counterattack” is written using the body parts of the soldiers. The...

On June 14, a Georgian-language Facebook user, which disseminates false information regularly, published a post claiming that in 2014, tourists on Manhattan Beach witnessed a Russian submarine emerge from the water. According to the user, the US intelligence tracking systems cannot properly monitor the ocean, as evidenced by the entry of a Russian submarine into...

On June 13, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook account published a video showing a man impersonating Adolf Hitler being greeted by people on the street, taking photos with him and giving him the Nazi salute. According to the author of the post, this is how ordinary people meet the “resurrected Hitler” in Europe. The disseminated post...

On June 11, 2023, a screenshot of an English-language article dated June 10 was shared on Facebook with the headline: “WEF Calls for AI to Rewrite the Bible, Create Religions That Are Actually Correct.” The screenshot shows photos of Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, and writer Yuval Noah Harari. On June 12,...

On June 9-10, 2023, a photo of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was published by the anonymous Facebook page “Konstantinopol News,” as well as on the Georgian-language Facebook account, Russian-language media and forums. The photo shows Greta Thunberg holding a piece of paper with the inscription “Putin! Stop destroying the Leopards!” The photo of Greta...

On June 10, 2023, Georgian-language Facebook users disseminated the information that a free vending machine for drug addicts was placed in New York, from which it is possible to get fentanyl tablets, overdose drugs, condoms and a “crack smoking pipes.” The post also mentions that disposable syringes for heroin users will be added to the...

On May 22, 2023, a Georgian-language Facebook user published a Russian-dubbed video of the YouTube channel Judging Freedom featuring an interview with the retired United States Army Colonel and government official Douglas Macgregor. In the interview, Douglas Macgregor states that ”Ukrainian morale is at an all-time low right now. I was shown evidence yesterday that...

On June 4, 2023, lawyer Irakli Zakareishvili and the anonymous pro-government Facebook page “Terenti Gldaneli” published a video in which the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia, Davit Gulua, allegedly claimed that the military supply against Georgia during the Abkhazian war was coming from the Crimean port, while the Ukrainians did not prevent the...

Since June 7, 2023, Georgian and Russian-language Facebook accounts have been disseminating the information that American actor and director Mel Gibson is making a 4-part docu-series about the global market for child sex trafficking involving many countries, including Ukraine. Both posts are accompanied by a photo of Mel Gibson with an English-language caption that further...