On July 22nd, Facebook user Tornike Vashakidze published a video displaying people occupied with different tasks. According to the description, the footages portray the events of Nazi Germany’s Buchenwald Concentration Camp in 1939, while the video itself was discovered in the Austrian National Archive in 1956. The author of the post claimed that the video...

On July 5th, apart from forcing the cancellation of the “March for Dignity” and exerting violence against journalists, the representatives of the anti-Pride violent homophobic groups removed the EU flag from the Georgian Parliament. Two days later, on July 7th, following the “silent demonstration” against violence, the flag was once again removed and barbarously burned...

On July 22nd, Facebook page “Elections 2021” shared information based on David Kartvelishvili, that the political parties “Lelo” and “the United National Movement” are creating the so-called “shadow cabinet,” meaning that Murtaz Zodelava would become the chief of the State Security Service, Dimitri Shashkin would lead the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Giorgi Rurua was envisaged...

On July 18th, Facebook user Manana Burduli published a post claiming that Paragraph 2 of Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights state that the freedom of expression should not be assaulting national and religious feelings. The author of the post demanded the resignation of the director of the Georgian Public...

On July 12th, Giorgi Kardava, one of the hosts of “Alt-Info’s” program “Alt-Analytica,” compared liberalism to hell and proclaimed that due to the increased crime rates in liberal countries, people are exposed to life-threatening danger on a daily basis.     Giorgi Kardava, Host of Alt-Info: “Where liberalism wins, the situation is becoming hellish, like truly...

Over the course of the last couple decades, the world has witnessed an unprecedented spread of an omnipresent anti-Liberal discourse. In 2018, illiberal right-wing populist parties controlled at least 11 countries, compared to 0 in 1990. Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has officially stressed that his political vision was openly “illiberal,” while Poland’s...

On July 15th, Giorgi Kardava – one of the hosts of the Alt-Info program “Alt-Analytica,” discussed the quality of the American democracy, emphasizing that the U.S. does not have the moral right to dictate the principles of democracy to other nations. To support his claim, Kardava stated that the U.S. elections were rigged in support...

On July 17th, Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, responded to the US reaction regarding the appointment of six Supreme Court judges. Garibashvili stated that before 2012, he had never heard criticism about the Georgian judiciary system, neither from Europe nor from the United States.       Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of...

Blogger Natia Colussi obtained large-scale exposure to Georgian social media after publishing a video named “Very Unpopular video: Plans behind the March for Dignity” on July 7th. Following the forced cancellation of the “March for Dignity, mass violence against journalists, repression of LGBTQ+ activists and raging homophobic discourse, the video rapidly became popular among the...

Georgian social network accommodates a number of quotes shared in the name of journalists and civil activists. On July 10th, the Facebook page “Liberastuli seni” published a quote, which was ascribed to Maia Mamulashvili, and claimed that homophobes sent by ‘Putinist groups’ had bitten children. Two days later, on July 12th, the same page shared...

On July 11th, Facebook page “!!Important!!,” and on July 14th, the Facebook page of the Savior’s transfiguration Church of Vake in Tbilisi (Followers of Bishop Shalva Kekelia) have shared a video originally published by the page “Georgian Power.” The post claims that the former Prime Minister of Moldova has made a shocking announcement. The video...

Anti-Western narratives were predominantly nurtured by the Levan Vasadze-linked Media Outlet Alt-Info. In addition to actively participating in organizing the anti-Pride demonstrations of July 5th, the hosts of Alt-Info were actively spreading controversial messages aimed at mobilizing violent groups. After July 5th, the violent rhetoric of Alt-Info became more assertive and was aimed at: Western...