A disinformation message about the US having assisted Georgia with “water and diapers” during the August 2008 war, has been a mantra of pro-Kremlin actors for years to sow skepticism towards the strategic partner. The aforementioned message has been reactivated this year by supporters of pro-Russian political party Alt-Info/Conservative Movement.  On 7 August, the Facebook...

On 7 August, a Facebook user, Nona Sharabidze, posted a message about the August 2008 war: “If Russia is really an aggressor, why did it not shell blocks of flats in the August 2008 war?!” This post aserted that Russia did not target civilians during the August war.  The claim that Russia did not bomb...

On 2 August, Nikoloz Mzhavanadze, the presenter of “Dgis Shejameba” [“Sumarr of the day”] program aired on the TV Sezoni broadcasting company, said that the US has not earmarked any of its assistance for the preservation of religious buildings and that the Gelati restoration was an exception to the rule.  Nikoloz Mzhavanadze: “… From those...

On 18 July, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev and Deputy Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Irina Yarovaya talked about the results of inquiry into US laboratories operating in Ukraine. The Ukrainian labs are investigated by the parliamentary commission co-chaired by Kosachev and Yarovaya. According to them, the USA conducted “secret experiments” on...

On 28 July 2022, an expert of international relations, Mikheil Zghenti, said on Alt-Info’s program “Alternative Vision” that the United States had dragged Georgia into the wars twice, first in 1992 and then in 2008, and was now trying to drag Georgia into the war again.  Mikheil Zghenti: “We were involved in wars by Americans...

On 26 July, the Russian-language media outlets ( avia.pro, glavny.tv, smolnarod.ru) published an article in which it was alleged, based on Telegram channel, that Turkey-controlled Syrian and Libyan terrorists had been spotted in Ukraine. A Georgian-language pro-Kremlin online media outlet, Georgia and World, published identical information based on avias.pro. The articles alleged that the terrorists, to...

On 15 July 2022, Lasha Chkhikvadze, the judge presiding over the case of General Director of Mtavari Arkhi Nika Gvaramia, released a statement about his communication with the US Embassy. In this statement the judge alleged that US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan inquired about the reason of the guilty verdict delivered by him. Speaking...

On February 21st, 2021, the Facebook user “Maia Dvalidze” published a post that allegedly lists the crimes committed by different governments of Georgia. Among the entries, one can find the spread of African swine fever in Georgia in 2007 and the invasion of pheasants in hazelnut plantations in 2015. As of July 27th, 2022, the...

On July 21st, 2022, during the program “Alternative Vision” of Alt-Info TV, the member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster, Bondo Mdzinarashvili, stressed that the strategic partnership charter between the USA and Georgia is a “master-servant charter,” which grants US citizens more rights in Georgia compared to other countries, including citizens of...

On July 20th, the Georgian-language Facebook user “Giordano Bruno” published a screenshot of an article that noted that according to Biden, the US economy is as vibrant and healthy as he is. The same information was disseminated by Russian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)  in June.  The information that Joe Biden...

On July 5th, 2022, the former Georgian MP, Demur Giorkhelidze, published a post claiming that Germany was never independent because in 1949, it signed the so-called “Chancellor’s Act” with the US, according to which Germany had no right to pursue decision-making independently, and the German media had to be controlled by the US until 2099....

On July 9th, 2022, the Georgian online outlet “Georgia and World” published an article with the following title: “A helmet belonging to a NATO pilot was found at the site of the downing of the Ukrainian helicopter.” The article states that a tactical helmet, HGU-56/P ABH, used by pilots of NATO member states and the...