On May 7, the Facebook user, Oboladze Gia, posted a photo with the caption: “Beware, they are coming.” The photo shows a group of people wearing different masks. The posted photo gives the impression that it has just been taken and is related to the ongoing protests against the so-called law on agents. The circulated...

On April 25, an anonymous Facebook page, Agentura, posted a message about amendments made by MEP Rasa Juknevičienė to the resolution of the European Parliament. The card accompanying the post lists the following demands: Saakashvili should be released, Ivanishvili should be sanctioned, the draft foreign influence transparency law should be halted, Bacho Akhalaia should be...

On April 24, a photo of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze with the quote, “What is shameful about restoring pioneer camps?” was spread on Facebook. On April 12, a photo of Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze with the  quote, “Scholz is a UNM supporter” circulated on Facebook.   The quotes attributed to Kakha Kaladze and Irakli...

In recent months, along with pro-Kremlin and anti-Western actors, the incumbent “Georgian Dream” party has also been trying to instrumentalize LGBTQI+ topics. In addition to the legislative initiative presented by the “Georgian Dream” on March 25, pro-government media outlets such as – POSTV, TV Imedi, and Pia.ge have been contributing to sowing fear about the...

On April 2, pro-government POSTV published a story from Giorgi Akhvlediani’s program “Anatomy of Liberalism”. The same story was published on the program’s Facebook page on April 3. The story discusses how the “LGBT lobby uses computer games for propaganda” and claims that children who often play video games discover that their favorite characters are...

On March 28, a Georgian-language Facebook account published a video showing a tunnel loaded with gold bars. The post mentions that the tunnel is approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) long and connects the Vatican City and Jerusalem, and also claims that gold is stored in the tunnel at a height of 13 meters. Russian and...

On March 27, the Facebook page “Political Satire” published a photo of Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the “Akhali” party, with the quote: “Georgian Dream bribed FIFA so that we could qualify to Euro2024, and as a result, the party could win the elections. This is nothing but dishonesty!” The Facebook page writes...

On March 16, the anti-opposition Facebook page “Political Absurdity” published a post stating that it is still unknown where the funding of Georgian non-governmental organizations comes from, asserting that they are hiding their funding sources. Attached to the post is a photo showing specific members of the civil society, such as Giorgi Burjanadze, former Deputy...

On February 27, 2024, during the program “Anatomy of Liberalism” of the pro-government TV channel PosTV, journalist Giorgi Akhvlediani spoke about gender minorities, in particular transgenders, claiming that “transgenderism is a curable mental illness, there is no biological sex change, and the society that the world’s billionaire families want to create should be comprised of...

On February 26, 2024, during the prime-time program of the pro-Kremlin Sezoni TV, the host, Nikoloz Mzhavanadze, claimed that the construction of Anaklia Port was blocked by the US because of Chinese investments: Nikoloz Mzhavanadze: “We know very well that, for example, a few years ago, when Kvirikashvili was the Prime Minister, then the construction...

On February 21, 2024, during the program “Anatomy of Liberalism” of the pro-government POSTV, Georgian journalist Giorgi Akhvlediani stated that according to all international studies, the vast majority of children raised by same-sex parents become “people of non-traditional sexual orientation.” The voiced claim is partly false. A number of studies about children raised by same-sex...

On January 19, 2024, during the prime time program of the pro-Kremlin “Sezoni TV,” the guest, archpriest Giorgi Razmadze spoke about euthanasia. The archpriest notes that in European countries where euthanasia is legalized, sickness is equated with death. Giorgi Razmadze’s claim creates the impression that euthanasia is an alternative to taking care of a sick...