On November 21-22nd, Alt-News – the Facebook page of the pro-Kremlin Alt-Info TV, as well as Georgian- (1,2) and Russian-language (1,2,3,4,5) Facebook accounts reported about the arrival of the German football team to the World Cup in Qatar. According to them, the Qatari authorities did not accept the German plane because it had LGBTQ+ symbols...

On November 18th, 2022, “People’s Power” – the movement that seceded from the incumbent “Georgian Dream” – issued a statement, noting that the largest part of the aid allocated by the US to Georgia is directed at NGOs, stressing that the money is not used for the development of the country, but is wasted on...

On November 21st, Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1,2,3) (including the ones affiliated with the pro-Kremlin Conservative movement) shared a photo collage showing two women. One of them is wearing a military uniform, while the other is covered with blood. According to the posts, the photos show how Ukrainians fabricate Russian crime scenes for the Western media....

During November 12th-19th, 2022, Russian-language media outlets Lenta.ru,  Life.ru, News.rambler.ru, svpressa.ru, news.ru have been reporting about the demolition of the bust of Alexander Pushkin in the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine. According to disseminated information, a bust of Pushkin in Zhytomyr fell on the head of one of the activists during the dismantling process, killing him...

On November 16-17th, Georgian (1, 2, 3, 4) and Russian (1,2,3) Facebook users have been disseminating a fragment of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech at the B20 Summit. According to the description, Trudeau announced that only government-approved content would be allowed on the Internet and that artificial intelligence would start monitoring the citizens.” The...

On November 17th, 2022, pro-Kremlin Alt-Info TV’s program “Alt-Analytics” aired a clip of the speech of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, Mark Milley, in which he talks about the potential conclusion of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to the Georgian translation of Milley’s speech, without the collapse of the Russian...

Following the November 8 midterm elections, social media saw a surge in various claims aimed at questioning the legitimacy of both the 2022 midterm and 2020 presidential elections in the US. On November 10, Facebook users disseminated a photo of an infographic showing the results of the Pennsylvania governor election, which displayed the data incorrectly....

In early November 2022, multiple claims about the creation of annual carbon limits at COP 27 were spread on Georgian social media (1, 2, 3). According to the authors of these posts, the goal of these limits is to control the population. The authors claim that once the carbon limit is reached, energy consumption will...

On November 10th, 2022, Georgian language Facebook users (1, 2) reported that two Democratic Party candidates aged 87 and 94 that have emerged victorious in the midterm elections both died on November 10th. One of the posts includes a photo from Rustavi 2 post with the following caption: In Pennsylvania, US, deceased candidate received 85%...

On November 11th, 2022, the Facebook account “Chemi Sakartvelo Ak Aris” [My Georgia is Here] published the following quote by the US Ambassador Kelly Degnan about the Mayor of Tsalkenjikha, Gia Kharchilava: “All municipalities of Georgia should be governed by an erudite and work-oriented mayors like him…” The post is accompanied by a photo featuring...

On November 9th, 2022, a Georgian language Facebook user shared a video depicting the 2022 midterm elections of the United States. The video shows a man wearing a face mask making notes on several pieces of paper one after the other. According to the attached description, the video was shot in Philadelphia, and the person...

On November 3-4th, Georgian and Russian-language (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Facebook accounts and websites (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) have been disseminating the information that on November 4th, the US state of Alaska is holding a referendum on joining Russia. The English-language video published by the Facebook accounts asserts that Alaska...