On October 29th, Irakli Jankarashvili, author at tvalsazrisi.ge posted a photo of Eduard Saakashvili, the son of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, with the following caption: “I do not rule out coming to politics because I have enough education and knowledge.” The quote published by Irakli Jankarashvili is fabricated. No open-source contains an identical or similar...

On September 29th, the Facebook user Mindia Avaliani posted a photo of dozens of people gathered around an airplane. According to the description, the photo depicts Georgian emigrants returning to their homeland from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to meet the ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili. Mindia Avaliani’s profile includes another airport picture with the caption “On October 2nd in Georgia.” The...

On September 29th, the news agency PIA published a video depicting a dance of an unknown man. PIA claims that the man from the video is the ex-president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who made a performance at a nightclub in Kiev. The Facebook post indicates that the video is from the 2019 archive. The video has also...

On September 29th, the Facebook user Tamar Janelidze published a video, which includes an excerpt from a briefing held by opposition parties on the same day. In the excerpt, Nika Melia – a candidate representing opposition parties as the mayoral candidate for the upcoming elections, and the chairman of the United National Movement party, says the...

Shortly before the October 2nd local elections, Myth Detector identified 13 Facebook accounts with 11 posing as regional media outlets, one – as a page aimed to popularize a specific region and another – operating as a public and cultural page. The pages posing as regional media indicate in their descriptions that they are media...

On September 27th, the Facebook Page “The Real CEC is Us” published a post, claiming that the Election Administration of Georgia (CEC) purchased vaseline worth GEL 70 000 without a tender. The post gives the impression that the event is being protested by Zviad Kuprava, an affiliate of the “United National Movement.” The page encourages people...

On September 28th, a screenshot of “TV Imedi” was shared into the group “1.000.000 Georgians,” according to which the former member of the parliament Guguli Magaradze initiated to ban anti-vaxxers from having sex. As of September 28th, 11:00, the post has accumulated 125 shares and hundreds of responses.   The disseminated screenshot is fabricated, and the claim...

On September 28th, the Facebook page სამეგრელო • Samegrelo published a post, claiming that the party “For Georgia” of Giorgi Gakharia, the former Prime Minister, takes the lead in the results of the pre-election survey carried out by the incumbent “Georgian Dream” party with 31% of the votes, leaving the ruling party (29%) behind. The post, indicating no source...

On September 25th, the Facebook page “Politics” published a video where the leader of the “Lelo” party, Mamuka Khazaradze, allegedly sings the song “Misha Magaria! [Misha is cool]. Accompanied by the logo of “Mtavari Arkhi,” the video appears with the following description: “Khazaradze sings to Misha.” The post by Politics represents video manipulation. The video...

On September 24th, the Facebook account “Georgian Emigrant” published a screenshot of “TV Imedi’s” post, stating that “Imedi” has acquired exclusive information that the lady who made Gakharia taste cocaine for the first time is none other than the current President of Georgia, Salome Zurabichvili. As of 14:00, September 24th, the post has accumulated 56 shares. The...

In response to a challenge from the ruling “Georgian Dream” party to conduct a pre-election drug screening, former Prime Minister and Tbilisi mayoral candidate Giorgi Gakharia stated that not to embarrass local forensics, he would take the screening in a foreign laboratory. On September 17th, on his personal Facebook page, Gakharia shared the results of an examination conducted at...

On September 19th, the Facebook accounts Ti-Nia Dia and “Bolo Zhamis Kristianebi” have published images of health ministers and experts from various countries. Pictures of the health ministers of Belgium, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada were shared by Ti-Nia Dia and other Facebook users with the following description: “Should we entrust our health to...