After the resignation of Georgia’s prime minister Giorgi Gakharia on February 18, several Facebook accounts (Gakharias Partiis Mkhardamcherebi (Supporters of Gakharia’s Party), Gakharia Dabrundes (Let Gakharia Return), public groups, and pages supporting the former minister appeared on the social network. “Myth Detector” detected 14 Facebook pages that were made to support the former prime minister at different times and for different reasons. They could be split into two different categories:
- Pages created before February 18, 2021, that changed their names after Gakharia’s resignation, turning into the former prime minister’s supporters;
- Pages that have been created after Gakharia’s resignation since February 18:
1. Pages that changed their name
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Page Name |
Creation Date |
Name Change History |
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January 12, 2021 |
The page changed its name several times: At first, it was called „მტრედი“ (“Pigeon”), then „შვიდი“ (“Seven”), and finally turned into “გიორგი გახარია” (“Giorgi Gakharia”) |
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October 9, 2011 |
A page created on October 9, 2021, to support Bidzina Ivanishvili, changed its name on March 23 to Gakharia & Media |
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April 9, 2020 |
A page created in April of 2020 named “Ufalia Chemi cxovreba” (“God is My Life”) first turned into “საქართველოს დედა ეკლესია” (“Mother Church of Georgia”) and on March 24 – “გახარია – პოლიტიკა” (“Gakharia – Politics”) |
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June 15, 2018 |
A page created in June of 2018 called “მათემატიკა“ (“Math”), after several changes, turned into “გახარია – მესამე ძალა” (“Gakharia – Third Power”) |
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April 26, 2021 |
A page created on April 26, 2021, named “გოდერძი ჩოხელი” (“Goderdzi Chokheli”) turned into “გახარია მესამე ძალა” (“Gakharia Third Power”). Conversely to the previous page, a hyphen is not present here. |
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August 21, 2010 |
A page created on August 21, 2010, named “Martvilis qogale” turned into “Mnews”, a supporter of the former prime minister, appearing as an information page |
It should be noted that the Facebook page created on August 21, 2010, Martvilis qogale, which changed its name several times, last of which was მნიუსი (Mnews) on August 21, 2020, has recently been spreading posts in support of Giorgi Gakharia.
2. Pages created after February 18
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Page Name |
Creation Date |
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February 18, 2021 |
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April 2, 2021 |
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March 23, 2021 |
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March 23, 2021 |
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April 15, 2021 |
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February 20, 2021 |
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March 29, 2021 |
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25 March, 2021 |
