On July 13th, Levan Vasadze-tied Facebook Page “!!Important!!” has shared a video that portrays the European Union as the modern version of the Tower of Babel and encourages Georgians to find their way out as soon as possible. The video includes pictures of Pride Marches held in different countries, images of various LGBT+ supporting politicians...

On July 13th, Facebook user Lado Sadghobelashvili published a post where he describes his meeting with the Polish tourist wounded on July 5th in Tbilisi. According to Sadghobelashvili, the tourist has told him that he was never wounded and was only beaten up. While there were attempts to wound the tourist, “things have ended positively.”...

On July 5th, violent groups marching against the planned Tbilisi Pride forcefully intruded into the office of “Shame movement” and assaulted several journalists. During the incident, Aleksandre Lashkarava – the cameraman of “TV Pirveli,” received severe injuries. Six days after, Lashkarava was found dead in his apartment. During the 17:15 emergency briefing on July 11th,...

On June 26th, Facebook user Natia Colussi shared a video named “World Future/Governance/ Georgia.” The video discusses the Vision 2050 project, which according to Colussi, represents one of the signs of the Second Advent and aims to establish a new World Governance. The author also links Vision 2050 with the global pandemic, claiming that the...

On July 7th, during the briefing held by the European Commissioner of Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, Giorgi Gharibashvili claimed that the anti-discrimination law introduced in 2014 aims to undermine any discrimination within the country, but, at the same time, due to the Georgian traditions, the concept of “family” was further specified in the constitution....

On July 4th, 2021, Facebook users Shore Shanidze and Misho Otiashvili have published identical posts inspired by the website nurnbergtrials.net, claiming that at 18:00, July 4th, due to the atrocities committed against humanity, “Nuremberg Trial 2” was taking place. The same day, Shanidze and Otiashvili shared similar posts regarding the Nuremberg Trial. According to the...

On July 7th, a cleric – Andrea Getsadze, posted a video using the following caption:         “Look how the cameraman kicks the participant of the demonstration! This is your harmless media. Wolves in sheep’s clothing! ‘Disinformator’ anti-Georgians! Insider enemies of the country!” The video fragment lasts for 13 seconds and shows police...

The post shared on June 12th, 2020, by Facebook user Otar Matcharashvili is still widely circulated on social media. The post claims that the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has declared Georgia a prominent example of fighting the Coronavirus in one of his addresses. Furthermore, Trump supposedly claimed that Georgians are protected...

On June 21st, the Facebook page of “Free Channel – Ilioni” published a video of ufologist (Researcher of unidentified flying objects) Erekle Shonia, who discussed the pandemic and the coronavirus vaccines. According to Shonia, vaccines used against the virus are not yet appropriately tested; therefore, the whole vaccination process represents a large experiment conducted on...

On July 5th, the Facebook page of “TV Akhali” published a post, which included a screenshot in German and the following description in Georgian: “Austrian Media about the Georgian Hell – Austrians demand the EU to stop the financial support to Georgia.” The post was accompanied by the ZIB logo and has accumulated 47 Likes,...

The statement of Tbilisi Pride regarding the planned events on July 1-5 aimed at protecting the LGBTQ+ rights (including the Pride March planned on July 5th on Rustaveli Ave.) was followed by violent, homophobic and anti-Western messages by hate groups. The following report consists of two parts, which, on the one hand, analyze the messages...

On July 3rd, Informational Agency “Patriot” shared the statement of Dimitri Lortkipanidze – Director of Primakov Georgian-Russian Public Centre, which concerned the planned Pride March in Tbilisi. Lortkipanidze states that the 5th paragraph of Article 17 of the Georgian Constitution, in addition to the state Law on Freedom of Speech and Expression, permits the Government...