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HowRussianpropaganda
worksinGeorgia
GriGoljulukhidze
RussiandisinformationactivitiesinGeorgia,
afront-runnerintheEasternPartnership,illustrates
howRussianpropagandaworksonavarietyoflevels.
UnderstandingtheGeorgiancasemayprovidean
insightintohowtocountersuchhybridactivities
inthecountryandelsewhereintheWest.
Today,noonequestionswiththefactthatRussianpropagandaisaglobalchal-
lenge.Overthepastfewyearswehavewitnessedhowwell-structureddisinforma-
tioncampaignscanbeusedasatoolforachievingcertainstrategicgoals:toshape
publicopinion,increasepoliticalpolarisation,influenceelections,demoniseop-
ponents,underminestatesecurity,boostnihilismandcrippledemocracy.Asthe
Soviet-bornBritishjournalist,authorandTVproducerPeterPomerantsevwrote:
uTeKremlinweaponisesinformation!”
AnumberofcountrieshavebecometargetsoftheKremlin’spropagandaop-
erations.Telistislong:Argentina,Austria,Belgium,Canada,Denmark,Estonia,
France,Germany,Greece,Italy,Montenegro,theNetherlands,Romania,Spain,
Ukraine,theUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates.Tisphenomenonrecognises
neitheracountry’sbordersnoranymoralrestrictions.Itmayańectstateactors
throughouttheworldfromBucharesttoBuenosAires.
