DISINFO: Kyiv aims to organise a coup in Georgia to drag it in the war with Russia
SUMMARY
The organising center for destabilisation in Georgia has been operating in Kyiv for a long time. Zelenskyy and Arakhamia are making statements to hinder Georgia's European integration, stimulate the fifth column operating in Georgia to create disturbances, and directly call for a change of government and activate the use of [Mikheil] Saakashvili for this.
Their main goal, actively supported by the Western leaders, is to organise a coup in Georgia and bring the radicals to power in order to start a direct confrontation and open a [second] front against Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Georgia in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russia being the ultimate target of international events.
There is no evidence to support this claim.
Since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media actively deployed a disinformation narrative falsely claiming that the US, the EU, or even Ukraine are dragging Georgia into the war with Russia in order to open a ‘second front’ against Moscow and to ease the situation for Kyiv on the Ukrainian front.
This disinformation narrative often appeared in the context of showcasing various protests in Georgia as a foreign-led ‘colour revolution’ or a coup attempt. The pro-Kremlin media frequently falsely portray popular protests around the world as instigated from abroad, often by the US and the West. The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to reports about protests in Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus, Venezuela, Slovakia, Hong Kong, with the aim of portraying protest movements as aggressive actors who constantly prepare new coups.
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