Nino Ratishvili, host of Obieqtivi TV’s Night Studio program, said on June 19 that a vaccinated mother was not allowed to transfuse her blood to her child. Ratishvili noted that Georgia received this directive from the Red Cross who states it is better if unvaccinated people donate blood. Earlier on June 17, identical information was...

On June 20, Facebook page “ბაიერნის ქართველი ფანები” (Georgian Fans of Bayern) published a post stating that UEFA has issued an order, according to which German captain Manuel Neuer will no longer have a right to wear the LGBT armband during the matches, whereas Allianz Arena will no longer be lightened up in these colors....

  On June 14th, 2021, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its 31st summit in Brussels. Prior to the event, several openly and discretely pro-Russian, Kremlin-tied, ultranationalist and anti-Western actors became active. By spreading mixed messages, these actors aimed at invoking skepticism towards the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Anti-NATO sentiments were predominantly invoked by...

On June 19, 2021, the Facebook account “Bible Believing Christians” published a post with the photo of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th president of the United States. The photo is given together with Kennedy’s following quote:       „For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on...

  On June 17, Kremlin-run propaganda media Spunik’s Georgian unit published an article titled “This is not a Joke: the WHO Issued an Initiative to Prohibit Women from Consuming Alcohol. The article states that the organization called for countries to focus on pregnant women, children, and females of childbearing age when it comes to this...

On June 15, 2021, Facebook user მელქასდუკ კართაგენელი (Melkasduk Kartageneli) published a post about COVID-19, pandemic and vaccines. He claims that trials against “COVID-Fascism” are scheduled in Germany and the United States on July 3 and July 4. However, except for the dates of apparent trials, the post provides no additional information or source. The...

On June 15, a Facebook user Goga Gabisonia published a post in a group ეროვნული ჯგუფი (National group), created by him. The post claimed that law enforcement officers refused to protect a gay parade in Ukraine and explained their action with the fact that they would not counter the patriots who would come out against...

Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria became the target of pro-Kremlin and antiliberal groups after Bishop Spiridon (Abuladze) of Skhalta refused to permit the Public Defender’s monitoring visit to the Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage. Myth Detector has identified the actors involved in the campaign of discrediting the Public Defender on social and traditional media. In particular:...

Disclaimer: The Bluetooth data used in the article has been changed in order not to disclose any particular user’s personal information. Videos about Bluetooth being able to discover vaccinated individuals have been circulating on Georgian social networks. Identical videos, disseminated on 3rd and 9th of June by Facebook users “სამყარო სამყარო” (Samkaro Samkaro) and Lasha...

On May 19, the digital portal “Georgia and World” published an article titled “Georgia and Ukraine are No Longer Invited to NATO Summit” based on the Russian webpage iarex.ru. The article notes that even though official Tbilisi and Kyiv decided to attend the summit in any ranks, following the meeting of ambassadors of NATO member-states,...

On June 6, the Facebook page Lia’s Wonderland ფიქრთგასართველად (Lia’s Wonderland for Entertaining Thoughts) published a post stating that 15 years old adolescent was caught stealing from a store, during the court hearing it was revealed that an unemployed boy stole bread and cheese from a  store for his sick mother. According to the post,...

On May 29, the Leader of Georgian March, Sandro Bregadze, stated on air at TV Obiektivi that the major part of funding, sent to Georgia, is used to finance anti-Georgian and anti-national NGOs, whose main fight vector is aimed at the Georgian Orthodox Church. Bregadze also claims that it would be nice, if these funds...