On February 28, Soso Manjavidze, a pro-government expert, published a post on Facebook. He claims that the U.S. Congress has passed the Equality Act, abolishing legal definition of biological sex. Manjavidze notes that everyone who believes that God created human beings as men and women will be considered haters and punished; moreover, anyone will be...

Update: After the publication of the material, Shota Apkhaidze addressed the Myth Detector, stating that he had never been the editor of NewsFront, despite the fact that he was mentioned as the editor of this publication in February 2020. Apkhaidze also denies his current association with the Eurasian Institute, saying he only worked for the...

On February 17, 2021, an online edition Sputnik-Ossetia published a fragment of a radio program concerning the independence of the so-called South Ossetia. The program included an opinion of a candidate of historical sciences, Teimuraz Tadtaev. He claimed that the so-called South Ossetia joined the Russian Empire before Georgia, and later, in 1917, when it...

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s February 18 statement about resignation has triggered mixed reactions in the public and caused confusion among government officials and political experts. There were no signs of a clear discrediting campaign against Giorgi Gakharia, but part of government trolls tried to slam his decision as an irresponsible, perfidious act that strengthens...

On February 23, Facebook account Dato Gagua in the groups “კახა კალაძე თბილისის მერი(Kakha Kaladze the Mayor of Tbilisi) and ‘მოქალაქე’’ არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია (“NGO Citizen”) shared the photo of U.S President Joe Biden with the quote: “Joe Biden: Today Georgian Government showed the world true example of democracy!!! Here’s to many more ….”   Moreover,...

  On February 23,  Facebook profiles Zuriko Gogoxia and Lia Barnovi shared the WhatsApp visual-like message screenshot, where a user having the name and photo of the chairman of the “Georgian Dream”, Mamuka Mdinaradze writes to his group members to not leave their positions in the heat of the moment, because in one week “the...

On February 17, based on a decision of Tbilisi City Court, the bail for a leader of the United National Movement (UNM), Nika Melia, was replaced with imprisonment. Melia was arrested on February 23 in the office of the opposition. The arrest of one of the leaders of the opposition was followed by protest and...

Before police detained Nika Melia, leader of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, during a special operation at the party headquarters, international partners called on the Georgian government to de-escalate tensions and avoid deepening polarization caused by the political impasse following the 2020 parliamentary elections. They also called on the opposition to end their...

On February 17, 2021, a Georgian online edition Geworld.ge published an article titled “European Medical Agency ‘Lost’ Sputnik V Registration Application”. The article claimed that the manufacturers of the Russian anti-coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V published the evidence of submitting the application to the European Union on Twitter after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) stated that...

On February 14, a homeopath Tina Topuria published a post on Facebook. She claimed that the death rate among the vaccinated exceeded the death rate among the unvaccinated, yet the vaccination goes on. She shared a post by a Russian edition universe-tss.su, which repeats the claim mentioned in the post, but the title of the...

On February 16, media outlet tvalsazrisi.ge published the interview with Karate instructor Kakha Kakabadze with the following headline: “Kakha Kakabadze: Be cautious! Ongoing Terroristic Special Operation “COVID-PANDEMIC”!”. In the article, Kakha Kakabaze speaks about thermal imaging and says that its primary function is scanning people instead of measuring temperature. He claims that this device will...

On September 16, at 10:20, pro-Georgian Dream Facebook page “ლიდერი 41” (Leader 41) published a photo, showing Gigi Tsereteli of the opposition European Georgia party along with Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov and other persons. The page notes that the meeting was held in the OSCE format on April 22, 2019 and that the Gavrilov case...