A study of Russian propaganda in Georgian and Moldovan churches

Tbilisi - The project investigates the patterns of forming Russian propaganda messages and their dissemination in Georgian and Moldovan churches based on human sources and stories.

The project aims to clearly show the similarities between the churches of these two countries and their attitude toward Russia.

Georgian and Moldovan investigative journalists prepared multimedia materials on the attitude of the churches of these countries towards the war in Ukraine, politicians, western values, human rights, and the Covid pandemic.

Author(s)

Bakradze graduated from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) Media Management and Journalism Master's degree program.

Since 2016, Aidan Yusif has been managing the information page “gündəlik-gürcüstan” in the Azeri language.

Since 2019, Ia Asatiani has been a member of the iFact team as a researcher and investigative journalist.

In 2020-2021, Mariam Katchkatchashvili worked as a researcher's assistant at the Ilia Chavchavadze Center for European Studies and Civic Education.

Nanuka Bregadze has been a member of the iFact team as a researcher and investigative journalist.

In 2020-2021, Natia Mikhelidze worked as a researcher's assistant at the Ilia Chavchavadze Center for European Studies and Civic Education.

Ilie Gulca is an investigative journalist at TV8, a television network, based in Chisinau, Moldova.

Mădălin Necșuțu is a political and investigative journalist who specialises in Eastern Europe and the politics of ex-Soviet states in the region.

Viorica Zaharia is a journalist, the President of the Press Council of the Republic of Moldova, a self-regulatory body of media.

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