The Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) has become the center of attention after the alleged state security files on clergy were leaked on September 12. The alleged leaked documents that were covered by the Georgian media outlets revealed the supposed personal information of clergymen, including past activities and connections to Russia.  The previous mapping research analyzed...

On February 3rd, 2022, Marika Kublashvili, the host of the program “Beyond Focus” on the pro-Kremlin TV “Alt Info”, spoke about the interference of Western partners in the internal affairs of Georgia. According to Kublashvili, the influence of European partners on Georgian institutions is so significant that the Georgian Parliament first sends the bills to...

Georgia’s vulnerability to Kremlin influence increased after the parliamentary elections of 2020, bolstered by the combination of internal problems, extremely  polarized environment, fragile democratic institutions and an ambiguous foreign policy pursued by the ruling ‘Georgian Dream’ party. Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani’s statement on October 8 that even though Tbilisi finds it “very hard” to join...

On February 3rd, 2022, Petre Mamradze, the head of the Strategic Management Institute, told “Imedi LIVE” that the leaders of the United National Movement were involved in negotiations with Russian officials in 2008. According to Mamradze, the then First Deputy Defense Minister, Batu Kutelia, confirmed in an interview with foreign media on August 15th, 2008,...

On January 24th, the opposition called on the representatives of the incumbent “Georgian Dream” party to take a united stand in support of Ukraine and adopt a resolution. Two days later, on January 26th, the parliamentary majority and the opposition failed to reach an agreement on the resolution draft, as the final version of the...

On February 1st, the Facebook page “Cardhu” published a post regarding the Georgian journalist Giorgi Gabunia, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Russian citizens to help foster national tourism and spend their holidays in the occupied Crimea. The page further noted that after Giorgi Gabunia cursed Putin in public, the Russian president used...

In parallel with the intensification of the Russian military threat in Ukraine, the pro-Kremlin “Alt-Info”, as well as the supporters of the Alt-Info-affiliated “Conservative Movement” party, started to pursue a campaign to discredit the Ukrainian army. On January 28th, “Myth Detector” fact-checked a video shared by a Georgian Facebook user, which depicted a young gay...

Over the course of the last few days, the words of Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, in which he allegedly does not consider the Gldani District as part of Tbilisi, have been actively discussed on social media. The following words of Kaladze have been used as evidence: “I lived in Gldani because I did not have...

On January 27th, Facebook user Mancho Abramidze shared a video in a Facebook group consisting of the supporters of the newly-created “Conservative Movement.” The video depicts a young gay soldier returning home and meeting his boyfriend. After they hug, the soldier asks his boyfriend to marry him. The video allegedly depicts the Ukrainian army, while...

On January 25th, 2021, Zurab Makharadze, a member of the newly-created “Conservative Movement” party, underscored that Georgia should not be active in supporting Ukraine in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to Makharadze, the fact that Ukraine was assisting Georgia during the war in Abkhazia is irrelevant, as assistance was quite limited, as well as Russian...

With the escalation of the tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the mobilization of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, “Politicano” – a Facebook page linked to the Primakov Russian-Georgian Public Center – has become relatively active on social media. Namely, the page has so far published and sponsored at least 8 posts that specifically...

On December 30th, 2021, the Facebook page “Politicano” – a Facebook page linked with Yevgeny Primakov Russian-Georgian Public Center – published a post about the UN resolution against the glorification of Nazism. The post asserted that the resolution initiated by Russia was not supported by 49 states, including the US and Ukraine. The text states...