On October 20, Facebook page Armen Ararad published a post inciting ethnic strife and calling on ethnic Armenians living in Georgia to return to Armenia, claiming that in Georgia “your roof will always have a hole.” The post also contains a drawing of Georgian map with Armenian flag depicted in its center. The post got over 7,400...

On October 17, Facebook user Nina Marji spread a video post, claiming that doctors from seven countries are going to file a lawsuit against “corona hoax.” The same post notes that the doctors have a lot of evidence to prove that COVID-19 does not exist, adding that the statistical data are being inflated, whereas PCR tests...

Amid the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, photo and video materials accusing Georgia of transiting arms to Azerbaijan are widely circulating on the Internet. Myth Detector has verified a number of such reports, claiming that military cargo was being transported from Georgia to Azerbaijan, both by land and air. The verification has revealed that civilian cargo aircrafts have conducted regular...

On October 14, 2020, Facebook user Beso Beso published a post about Stalin. He claimed that per a 2014 study by one of the American scientific centers, Stalin was named the second most influential figure in history following Jesus Christ. The post mentions that the study finding was soon removed from open sources as commissioned...

On October 7, Facebook account Art Na posted a video in a group “#Beautiful_Javakhk (#Ըռունդ_Ջավախք)” with a caption “We are not Georgia, we are Javakhk.” As of October 16, the post has 785 shares. The original video belongs to Tbilisi-based Armenian media organization Aliq Media. Instead of its original voiceover, Art Na’s video has background music. It also contains...

Enri Oniani, a member of Georgian March, shared a video by a women’s rights activist, Ida Bakhturidze via Facebook on October 13 with the following caption: “An idea by an ultra-radical feminist-liberast. Are they striving towards development?” The video is a 21-second segment from Barrier, a program at TV Caucasia that aired on May 12, 2017, in which...

A Facebook page “რურუა გმირია” (Rurua is a hero) using a photo of Giorgi Rurua, one of the shareholders of pro-opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV, was created on October 13, 2020. The page involves only one sponsored post depicting Giorgi Rurua and Merab Kostava, Georgian dissident and one of the leaders of the National-Liberation Movement in...

On October 11, AS-Source News / MILITARY posted on its Twitter account that Israel has again delivered weapons to Azerbaijan by air. According to the Twitter post, the flight was conducted through Georgia and Turkey. The author accuses both Georgia and Turkey of being complicit in arming Azerbaijan. The post is accompanied by a photo...

On October 12, Facebook user Tornike Noniashvili published a post claiming that businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates spoke about mass vaccination and noted that vaccines should be in the form of the chip, and people will not be allowed to work if they refuse implanting the chips. Tornike Noniashvili’s post also mentions that Bill Gates...

On October 7, Facebook user Nina Marji shared a video from Russian YouTube channel “Яков Джугашвили” in Facebook groups “კორონა აფიორა” (Corona Fraud) and “ანტი-მასონობა. „ანტიქრისტეს“ ახალი მსოფლიო წესრიგი (NWO); ანტი-ეკუმენიზმი” (Anti-Masonry, New World Order of the Antichrist; Anti-Ecumenism). The video is accompanied by a caption, claiming that “corona fraud” has been uncovered and its...

Reports were spread in social networks on October 4-6 about Azerbaijani aircraft IL-76 flying over Georgia from Turkey to Baku. Some posts claimed that the aircraft was transporting military cargo. The posts containing this information were mainly published on Facebook and Telegram in English, Russian and Armenian languages. The reports on alleged air transportation of...

On October 3, an Armenian-language Facebook page posted a video, according to which military cargo is being transited from the Borjomi railway to Azerbaijan. The video involves a footage recorded from a car, showing buildings, railway, trucks, and several tanks. The video does not prove allegations about military cargo transit to Azerbaijan through the territory...