Update: At 12:30 on January 30th, the section about the distribution of the video in the Russian media and the comment of the Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, was added to the article. On January 24-25th, Georgian and Russian-speaking Facebook users shared two videos showing numerous flocks of dark-coloured birds...

In mid-January, Georgian Facebook users, that have been spotted in disseminating disinformation regularly, began sharing claims (1, 2, 3) that 5G is being hidden from the people and is dangerous. The first post shares a long video with a Georgian voiceover listing the negative effects 5G supposedly has on people. The author of the post...

Update: On February 2nd, information about an event held in another church in Ukraine, the video of which has been actively circulating on social networks since January 31st, was added to the article. On January 15-22th, selected Georgian-language Facebook profiles that regularly disseminate disinformation, including those related to the pro-Kremlin Conservative Movement, as well as...

In mid-January, a number of Georgian Facebook users (1, 2, 3) began circulating videos claiming COVID-19 vaccines were causing people to injure, potentially fatally. Two posts used cases of reporters fainting on live TV as evidence of their claims. Another post linked the issue to a Jewish conspiracy, with videos showing Jewish people dancing in...

On January 17th, 2023, an anonymous Facebook account published a video showing the 43rd President of the United States of the US, George W. Bush, dancing to a Russian song. The video was shot in the Russian city of Sochi and features Russian President Vladimir Putin. The video is accompanied by the inscription “Putin and...

On January 19th, a screenshot with the logo of the online outlet “Tabula” about Irakli Kobakhidze was distributed on social media. According to the inscription, in 2007-2009, the chairman of the “Georgian Dream” party was undergoing an intensive rehabilitation course in a psychiatric hospital in Germany. The screenshot distributed in the name “Tabula” is fabricated....

On January 17th, 2023, Kremlin propaganda media (Известия, МОСКВА 24, Московский Комсомолец, Военное обозрение) and  Russian- (1, 2) and Georgian-language (1) Facebook accounts disseminated the information that in the weather forecast of the Polish public broadcaster (TVP 1), the Lviv region was included in the territory of Poland. The articles are accompanied by a shot...

The communications department of the ruling “Georgian Dream” party created the Facebook page “In Reality” on June 9, 2021. The page claims that the platform aims to expose the spread of false information against the “Georgian Dream,” and features the slogan “Trust facts, not perceptions”. As of January 15, the page is managed by 5...

Originally from 2021, a video claiming to show banned archival footage related to technology that has been hidden from society has gone viral again on Georgian social media. The author of the post claims the video shows that modern technology, such as laptops and mobile phones, existed in the past, but that this fact has...

On January 15th, 2023, Volodymyr Zelenksyy approved the amendments to the document on personal, special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) proposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The updated list of sanctioned individuals now includes Shota Apkhaidze., who is now subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of Ukraine, restrictions...

Since January 11-12th, Kremlin propaganda outlets tsargrad.tv and topwar.ru and several other Russian-language publications (1, 2, 3), as well as Georgian (1, 2) and Russian-language (1, 2, 3, 4) Facebook accounts have been circulated a video depicting a fire in the church. According to the attached description, the church in the village of Ovadne, Volyn...

In early January, a Georgian Facebook user shared an image of a McDonald’s stating “Our secret ingredient is our people.” In the caption, the user notes the scary theories about McDonald’s ingredients and accuses the fast-food company of actually using human meat in their products. McDonald’s does not use human meat in their products. This...