On February 10th, 2023, the Facebook account “Malkhaz Khabazi” published a post claiming that a few days before the strong earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Arabian tectonic plate, which generally moves only 2-3 centimetres per year, moved 3 meters, which creates a suspicious situation. According to posts published by Russian-language Facebook pages (1, 2)...

On February 14th, 2023, the anonymous pro-governmental Facebook page and account “Terenti Gldaneli” published a video with the following description: “Zelenskyy is already being laughed at even in the US.” In the video, an English-speaking TV host says, “Speaking of pets, we may all be impatient, but there is one annoyed Ohio pup that’s getting...

From March 2022 to January 2023, Georgian and Russian-language Facebook accounts have been circulating two versions of a photo taken at one of the demonstrations. In the first version (1,2,3), the participants of the rally hold the Ukrainian flag that shows the following inscription: “Putin, give us back our mind.” An enlarged version of the...

Since the end of January, a number of social network users have been actively spreading information about the European Union’s decision to approve the use of insects in food products. Some of them are sceptical of this decision and voice concerns about the potential health risks. On February 4th, Elizbar Elizbarashvili, a guest on the...

On February 7th, a Georgian-speaking Facebook account, as well as Russian-language accounts (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) shared a screenshot of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s alleged Twitter post, in which the President of Ukraine expresses his condolences to Turkey and hopes that they will be able to resolve everything soon and that the supply of assistance to Ukraine will not be...

On October 22, 2022, “Ar Agarevinebt,” a pro-government Facebook page that frequently publishes content aimed at discrediting the opposition, published a video where the words of TV Pirveli journalist Inga Grigolia, “My beloved man, Mikheil Saakashvili, is a political prisoner” are followed by footage of ex-President Saakashvili behind bars at the trial, with a voice...

On December 1, 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a decree on certain aspects of the activities of religious organizations in the country, imposing sanctions on a number of clerics of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate (УПЦ МП). The fact was preceded by an intensive investigation, which began in November...

On January 30th, an anonymous Georgian-language Facebook account published a photo of several people dressed in school uniforms and half-naked. According to the attached description, the photo depicts a sexology class at a German school. The photo also features the following inscription: “I don’t want to be “associated” with Europe and take such an obligation...

On January 29, a Georgian-language Facebook account published a photo of a pink tank. According to the Russian-language caption of the photo, European feminists raised money and bought a tank for Ukraine, which they painted pink because green was too offensive, and chopped off the barrel of the tank because it looked sexist. Identical information...

On January 29th, 2023, Georgian lawyer Irakli Zakareishvili, published a photo allegedly depicting an icon of Stepan Bandera. Zakareishvili writes that Bandera’s icon is “planned to be sent to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.” The coat of arms of Ukraine is placed in the center of the icon, and the coats of arms of the Azov...

On January 24th, information about the TeslaX project was disseminated on social media. According to a post published by the Facebook page Alina Benderuk, every citizen of Georgia can get a stable income, while Elon Musk will pay a monthly salary to every applicant registered on the platform. The post is accompanied by a quote...

In mid-January, a number of Georgian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and Russian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Facebook accounts shared a video purportedly showing the United Kingdom’s first “pig spa.” According to the posts’ captions and the video, people are paying £1,200 to experience life as a pig. The video shared by the Facebook...