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GEORGIA`S REFORMS ASSOCIATES

MULTI PROFILE THINK TANK IN GEORGIA

DISINFORMATION IN GEORGIA REGARDING PUTIN'S WAR OF CHOICE MONITORING PERIOD: 1 MAY – 31 AUGUST 2022 IN UKRAINE

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01 September, 2022
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Georgia's Reforms Associates (GRASS) produced weekly newsletters titled GRASS Disinfo Brief - "Putin's War of Choice", covering propaganda narratives concerning Russia's war in Ukraine spread in Georgia (See all issues of GRASS Disinfo Briefs here). The data reported and analysed in the newsletters originated from GRASS's daily monitoring of around 200 disinformation sources. The exact number of monitored sources varied from week to week as some sources were removed from the platforms they operated, some sources were identified and added to the monitoring list, and some new sources were created; by the end of August, the monitoring list contained 205 sources. The final report is based on the data from the 16 GRASS Disinfo Brief Newsletters, starting from May 1 to August 21. The research envisages the methods of qualitative and quantitative content analysis. The monitoring was categorised into several narratives, similar to the chapters of the given report. The messages were separated and codified in each narrative for the final paper.

This publication is produced by Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS) with the support of the Open Information Partnership (OIP). The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and may not reflect the opinions or views of the OIP.