On November 18, the Facebook account “Daat Tsabadze” posted a video showing protesters gathered on Chavchavadze Avenue dancing to a song called “Moscow,” performed by the German band “Dschinghis Khan.” Users on social media, commenting on this post, say that the protesters are actually praising Moscow with this song while cursing Russia in their speeches....

On October 29, several Facebook accounts (1;2;3;4;5;6) shared an 11-second video of Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili speaking at a protest rally, claiming that she addressed the crowd on Rustaveli Avenue saying, “Today, I think, I gave to six presidents, including presidents of European countries.” [“Giving” in Georgian can also be understood as having sex] The...

On May 9 and 10, the Facebook accounts Daat Tsabadze and Boris Dauri-Giorgadze published a video of Irakli Tabliashvili, a journalist with Formula TV. The video is a fragment of Tabliashvili’s TV program Context. According to the video, the journalist is alleged to have stated that “Ukraine will have a legitimate right to bomb the...

On April 21, various social media users (1, 2, 3, 4), including Gabi Kamaev, anti-liberal doctrine, Irakli Jankarashvili, and troll account Daat Tsabadze, as well as anonymous pro-government account Terenti Gldaneli, published a photo of a participant of the rally held in front of the parliament against the so-called “agents law.” In the photo, the...

On March 21, several Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3) published a video that they claim was filmed in the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine. The video depicts people dressed in ancient military uniforms, as well as a boy in the costume of an angel with wings. The people in the video sing the Ukrainian patriotic song “Ой,...

On March 11, a Georgian-language Facebook troll account published a video in which the priest burns incense and dances. According to the description of the video, it takes place in a Ukrainian church “freed from Russian influence.” The video is being distributed with a false description. In fact, the person depicted in the video is...

On November 2, 2023, the fake Facebook account “Daat Tsabadze” published a post about the deployment of the Ukrainian landing party near Sochi in the Facebook group “Servant of the Georgian People.” According to the published post, the “Saakashvili regiment” of the special operation forces of the Ukrainian army made a landing near the outskirts...

On March 20, 2023, the Georgian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2) published a photo and an alleged quote of US President Joe Biden. According to them, Biden said that he is ready for negotiations with Russian President Gorbachev in order to prevent the escalation of the conflict. The same quote was also voiced by the host...

On December 25th, the Georgian government revealed its plans to abolish the State Inspector’s Office and create two new supplementary agencies. The State Inspector herself responded to the information, noting that she had found out about the “conspiratorially” initiated change regarding the abolition of her service from the media. She further noted that the change cannot be perceived as a reform...

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...