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HowRussianpropagandaworksinGeorgia,GrigolJulukhidze
TheKremlin’sHybridWar
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tocorrespondperfectlytohowtheKremlin’sdisinformationoperatesinGeorgia.
Forexample,theyviewthiscampaignas:high-volumeandmultichannel;rapid,
continuous,andrepetitive;lackingacommitmenttoobjectivereality;andlacking
acommitmenttoconsistency.
Itdoesnotmatterhowunbelievablecertainnewsitemsappear.Russiacontinues
topromotevariousanti-Westernandpro-Russiannarrativeswithoutanymoral
restrictions.Tegoalistoencouragechaosandunderminethesovereigntyof
Georgia.Itisimportanttofirstgrabtheattentionoftheaudience.Ten,inorder
tomaintainthisinterest,falseinformationisrepeatedoverandover.Neitherthe
credibilityofsourcesnorthestories’authenticityareeverchecked.
Georgia,itisfairtosay,isexperiencinganongoingRussianoccupationandin-
formationwar.Itisdifculttoknowtrulywhichchallengeismoredifcult.Asthe
politicanSalomeSamadashvilipointedout,uWhileMoscowremainsafortressto
policymakersintheWest,theIronCurtainhasbeenreplacedbyaone-waymir-
rorthroughwhichtheKremlincancarefullyobservetheWest,whileremaining
completelyinvisibleandinscrutable.”
GrigolJulukhidzeisaseniorfellowattheForeignPolicyCouncil,
athinktankinTbilisi.Hespecialisesinsecuritystudiesand
propagandaresearch.HeisalsoalectureratIliaStateUniversity.
