Anti-EU Propaganda in Georgia: Transformation of Local Actors and Emergence of New Narratives

12 December, 2022

Through this analytical document, Rights Georgia has sought to analyse the context in which anti-European Union propaganda was disseminated in Georgia in 2022 and to identify the key disinformation narratives about the EU.

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The document examines a range of relevant issues, including:

1) global challenges related to the spread of disinformation and propaganda;

2) policy responses to these challenges within the European Union and Georgia;

3) the role of propaganda in expanding Russian influence across various countries and the model for this expansion;

4) the structure and dissemination methods of anti-Western disinformation narratives and the EU’s place within Russian propaganda;

5) the role of the war in Ukraine in giving new momentum to anti-Western and anti-European propaganda;

6) the transformation of Russian influence actors and the Georgian government, and the development of new narratives in the context of the anti-Western propaganda war.

This analytical document was prepared within the framework of the project “Countering Disinformation Narratives about the EU Spread by Far-Right Groups.”

This project was implemented under the Regional COVID-19 Solidarity Programme, carried out by AFEW International in partnership with People in Need and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, with financial support from the European Union.