Amid the Russian-Ukrainian war, the leader of the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement, Stepan Bandera, has become the subject of attention for the Russian-language media and social networks, as well as Georgian-speaking Facebook users. Some sources claim that Bandera’s followers in Ukraine are Nazis and that Bandera’s cruelty exceeded that of Hitler himself. On March 26-27th, a...

From March 24th onwards, the Russian-language media and the Georgian Facebook accounts have been actively spreading information about Hunter Biden’s alleged involvement in the production of biological weapons in Ukraine. Russian-language outlets base the claims mainly on two sources: the March 24th briefing by Igor Kirilov, the commander of the Russian Army’s Atomic, Biological and...

Following the end of February 2022, the Russia-Ukraine war became the new focus of Georgian anti-vaxxers as they started disseminating Russian-backed conspiracy theories and disinformation. Facebook accounts that oppose vaccination, on the one hand, seek to justify Russian military intervention in Ukraine, presenting the war as an operation to free Ukraine of nationalists and perversion,...

On March 28th, 2022, pro-Kremlin “Alt-Info” responded to the statement of President Salome Zourabichvili regarding the autocephaly of Ukraine. Zourabichvili noted that Russia has lost its moral right to share a common faith with another orthodox church. Giorgi Kardava, the founding chairman of the Conservative Movement party, claimed that the recognition of the Ukrainian Orthodox...

On March 22nd, 2022, the Kremlin’s propaganda online outlet “SPUTNIK Uzbekistan” published an article entitled “Poland’s Second Front Threatens Ukrainian Statehood,” claiming that Warsaw’s military-political activity is aimed at dividing Ukraine and allowing Poland to annex the regions of western Ukraine. An article with similar content was published by the Russian outlet VZ.RU on March...

On March 23, the Facebook page “Azimut” and the Facebook profile “Fantina Georgian” published an image from the animation “The Simpsons,” claiming that it depicted another prediction of the Simpsons about the Russian-Ukrainian war. he photos were also posted by the Facebook profile of BaႵar Zaalishvili and the Facebook page Sad but True. In addition...

On March 23-24th, the pro-Kremlin channel “Obieqtivi” aired a story about the Richard Lugar Laboratory of Tbilisi. Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzieva and American journalist Jeffrey Silverman argued that dangerous experiments are being conducted on soldiers at the Lugar Laboratory in Georgia, while the laboratory itself is engaged in illegal activities. The story does not provide...

On March 23rd, the Facebook user “Fantina Georgian” published a post about the interests of Jews in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. According to the description, the Jews are actually behind the war, and their goal is to make Ukraine a new “heavenly Jerusalem.” Several photos accompany the post: the first shows a...

Over the course of the last couple days, a few-second-long video of the speech of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has been actively disseminated on social media. In the video, Zelenskyy says that he advises everyone to use drugs, but not heavy drugs and taking drugs is the mode in which we live, and...

On March 19th, Shota Martinenko, one of the pro-Kremlin TV broadcaster Alt-Info, claimed that the Russian armed forces were not actively bombing settlements in Ukraine because they were avoiding killing civilians. According to Martinenko, this decision is wrong from a military point of view but correct from the moral one. The claim of Shota Martinenko...

On March 21st, 2022, during Palitranews’ program “Resume”, hosts Merab Metreveli and Lasha Tugushi, together with the guest Davit Usupashvili, spoke about the issue of military neutrality in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to Metreveli, it is essential to analyze the consequences of maintaining Euro-Atlantic aspiration for Georgia, as the case of Ukraine...

On March 15th, 2022, Shota Martinenko, one of the founders and the host of “Alt-Info,” claimed that despite the sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Russia had not experienced any problems in the areas where its exports are based on. According to Martinenko, Russia is can easily replace the products of companies...