On October 21, the Facebook page “შუბლის ძარღვ გაწყვეტილები” (People with No Sense of Shame) published a video with a description: “People’s reaction to Mikheil Saakashvili’s appearance on ‘Chat Alternative’. Video shows how mostly underage Georgian users connect with the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili via video call. On October 24, the page disseminated one more video, where one of the leaders of the...

On October 25, 2020, a Facebook page „ყოველდღიური მოვლენები“ (Daily events) shared a photo with a caption: “Chiatura today!” The photo shows how the flags of Georgian Dream are being burned. The description and the visual side of the photo create a perception that the events are taking place now. The photo was last reported to have had up...

On October 23, Facebook pages  Fაქტები (Facts), განსხვავებული ツ (Distinct) and Bachita published a man’s photo who has a noose around his neck and is smiling. All three posts have the identical description: He hacked accounts of 217 Banks, collected 400 million, and gave it to poor people…. He met his death with a smile, his name was Hamza, the...

On October 22, 2020, page “ყოველდღიური მოვლენები” [Daily Events] published a quotation of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili: “This is a uterus deed that was done by Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili”. According to the post, the Georgian President used this wording at the opening ceremony of Kutaisi International University. Salome Zurabishvili’s photo was attached to the post, albeit video...

On October 23, Facebook user Sofo Kemularia’s old post dated 2018 disseminated on social network, which depicts the photo of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili with the following caption written on it: “I hate poor Georgians the most. S. Zurabishvili”. Post that has 501 shares as of October 23 gives off the impression that it’s a quotation from the president Salome Zurabishvili. The disseminated post...

On October 21, 2020, a gunman broke into the Bank of Georgia building in a western Georgian city of Zugdidi and took bank employees and customers hostage, demanding a ransom. It emerged during a police operation that one of the hostages, Irakli Kvaratskhelia, through which the assailant contacted pro-opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV to unveil his ultimatum to...

On October 21, 2020 video disseminated on the Facebook page “ქოცების დასაცინი ოფიციალური სააგენტო’’ (Official Agency for Ridiculing Georgian Dream), where Bidzina Ivanishvili states “In my eyes, people from Adjara dimwit or something”. Video lasts 3 seconds and has no other context giving off the impression that Bidzina Ivanishvili called people from Adjara dimwits. As of 14:00,...

On October 19, 2020, Facebook user Leila Maxaroblidze shared the post published by another Facebook user Davit Chabukashvili earlier on September 5 to the public group “ბინების, სახლების, აგარაკების, მიწის ნაკვეთების – ყიდვა გაყიდვა” (Sale of apartments, houses and land plots). The post notes that the Ministry of Health of Georgia has signed an advance agreement on the purchase of...

On October 15, web-page “publishers.ge” published an article stating that coronavirus pandemic doesn’t exist and it was invented by Masonry to reduce the world population. The article uses the case of Iraq as an argument and argues that the virus doesn’t exist in Iraq since there was no need for it there. Astrologer Mikheil Tsagareli’s...

On October 20, 2020, a Facebook page „მევახშეთა ლიგა“ (League of Merchants) published a photo and a quote by Grigol Gegelia, the majoritarian candidate of Lelo party in Rustavi. The quote said: “Georgian people will have to get used to same-sex marriage, Lelo will be the defender of rights of sexual minorities.” The shared post...

On October 17, TV Obiektivi aired a documentary titled “The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, Mass Murder”. The documentary was shared by the Facebook page of the television, as well as a Facebook page tinp.ge on October 19. The caption of TV Obiektivi’s Facebook video post mentions that “the movie exposes the anti-Georgian and anti-Ukrainian actions of the Soros foundation and Joe Biden’s emissaries”. It also...

On October 20, xnews.ge published an article titled “Nika Melia’s Election Headquarters are Closed, Likely due to the Headquarters Members being Diagnosed with Coronavirus”. The article mentions that xnews received information from “a source”, without specifying the latter. Later, geotimes.com.ge disseminated the identical information based on xnews. News disseminated by xnews.ge and geotimes.com.ge is disinformation. Myth Detector contacted the election headquarters of Nika Melia. According to...