Activists gathered outside the Central Election Commission (CEC) on November 8 to protest ballot rigging and demand the resignation of CEC chair Tamar Zhvania, as well as holding of snap elections. Riot police dispersed the rally using water cannons. Like during previous rallies, pro-government trolls again intensified their efforts amid protests, trying to discredit the...

Second round of the Presidential Elections in Moldova that took place on November 15 revealed the winner – a pro-European candidate, Maia Sandu. Sandu, who is the leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity, received 57.75% of the votes. Her opponent, pro-Russian Igor Dodon, received 42.25%. Georgian online media, including pro-Kremlin ones, disseminated messages about the...

On November 11, 2020, Facebook user Nona Sharabidze published a post, according to which the Rockefeller and the Rothschild families are the Masons and globalists. Sharabidze claims that just they destructed Georgia’s economy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and shifted the entire blame for its consequences on Russia. The post is accompanied by the photo...

On November 14, web-pages Tvalsazrisi.ge and publishers.ge, as well as Facebook users Maia Dvalidze and Irakli Zakareishvili disseminated information about U.S. election. According to their claims, the U.S army raided the office of Spanish software development company Scytl located in Frankfurt, and as a result, the Trump administration seized the server of electronic election system using which 2020 election was rigged. Published...

On November 17, 2020 web-page Tvalsazrisi.ge published an article titled “You won’t get infected with Covid if you use this easiest method once in three days”. The mentioned article discusses lemon juice and instruction on how to use it, which is featured as a preventive measure against Covid-19 infection. The article comes with a video from Russian...

On September 22, Facebook page “რაც გინახავს, ვეღარ ნახავ” (What you have seen, you can never see again) posted a video with a description: “An unimaginable thing from KGB archives.” According to the Russian-language video, it covers the crimes committed by citizens of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The author claims that Armenian divers were drowning...

On November 12, a Facebook user Gio Gio published a photo in a public Facebook group „ჩემი გორი ✔“ (My Gori ✔) displaying information about Levofloxacin with Latin letters. The post claims that it cures COVID-19. The photo reads: “Folks, see Levofloxacin – the first drug that cures corona!!!! (ten tables needed in total)”. The author of...

On November 13, a Facebook page „ყოველდღიური მოვლენები“ (Daily events) shared a screenshot with Salome Zurabishvili’s photo and a quote: “I would like to congratulate Georgia on a successful match. We fought, but unfortunately lost. Never mind. Salome Zurabishvili”. The post came with a caption saying: “She is already inadequate”. The published post creates a perception that...

Thousands of protesters led by opposition leaders and civic activists gathered outside the Parliament building on November 8, 2020 to declare mistrust to the October 31 parliamentary elections and demand snap elections. Number of citizens attending the rally has triggered controversy. Commenting on the rally, members of the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed that quite...

On November 11, a Facebook user Mia Million published a video of the show Tucker Carlson Tonight from August 25, 2020, dubbed in Georgian. Tucker Carlson, a journalist, criticizes restrictions adopted due to the pandemic and suspects that the security standards actually aim to fearmonger and control people. The video especially emphasizes the mandatory mask rule. Tucker Carlson: “Here’s...

Alongside the worldwide spread of the coronavirus, social network users frequently share religious symbols including icons that protect from the virus per their beliefs. On February 29, Facebook page საქართველოს მარგალიტები, (Pearls of Georgia), and later on March 3 and 6, Facebook pages ქრისტიანი (Christian), ჭეშმარიტება (Truth) disseminated the icon with the following description: “Urgent! Icon that protects from coronavirus....

On November 8, the Facebook page „მოგი*ყანთ ოპოზიცია“ (F*ck Your Opposition) shared the video of Nika Melia, a member of the opposition party National Movement that was uploaded on June 21, 2019. Said video was shared with the following words: “Standpoint of Traitors of the Country”.  Video shows Nika Melia being interviewed by TV “Rustavi...