Memory and Disinformation Studies

15 November 2021

IDFI's Statement in Support of the Society “Memorial”

On November 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Russia will consider the claim for liquidation of the Society Memorial, filed by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

1 November 2021

Participants of the Workshop of the Disinformation and Propaganda Program were Awarded Certificates

The participants of the workshop held within the joint academic program of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG) were awarded with the certificates.

22 October 2021

Visit of the scientists of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) to Batumi - planning search and exhumation work of the victims of the Soviet Terror

From October 20 to October 22, 2021, representatives of the scientists of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), Deputy Head of the Department of Archeology Tomasz Borkowski, and archaeologist Krzysztof Mikolajczyk visited Batumi at the invitation of the Bishop of the Diocese of Batumi and Lazeti. While there, they inspected the graves of the repressed people from the years 1937-1938. The visit of Polish specialists was organized by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information.

20 October 2021

Effects of Manipulation of Information Online: Who Should Develop and Implement the Necessary Mechanisms

In recent years, trends of information manipulation and propaganda in online spaces have been spreading with unprecedented speed and constant alterations of strategy.

19 October 2021

An Educational Week on the Soviet Repressions was held at the Batumi Gymnasium Boarding School

From October 11 to October 15, 2021, the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) carried out the major activities at the St. Mathias Apostle Gymnasium-Boarding School in Batumi as part of a project funded by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.

29 September 2021

Death as the Main Narrative of Election Campaigns in Georgia

After Georgia regained its independence, with the country on the path to democratization, Georgian politics became an arena of emotions, personal revenge, marginalization of the persona of the adversaries, and information manipulation of society. On this platform, death still plays one of the leading roles.

27 September 2021

Information Integrity Coalition - Presentation

Civil society and media organizations formed the Information Integrity Coalition. The main goal of the coalition is to raise awareness of disinformation and anti-Western propaganda in society and to form a common national and public approach in response to these threats. This is especially important during elections when voters have to make an informed choice.

21 September 2021

Academic and Certificate Program: Disinformation and Propaganda Studies: History, Theories and Means of Debunking was Launched

Selection of the participants is completed for the academic program: Disinformation and Propaganda Studies: History, Theories and Ways of Debunking. The educational program is jointly organized by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG).

17 September 2021

Archives, Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories: the Case of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Understandably, the expectations from opening of the communist secret services archives are high. Society hopes that the archives will provide long awaited answers on the communist regime and its collapse, and that this step will lead to greater transparency of institutions, it will restore the justice, and pave the way for meritocratic development of the new elites.

1 September 2021

To Andre Gide – the traitor

Andre Paul Guillaume Gide (1869-1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. At the time of his death, his obituary in The New York Times described him as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters". In 1936 Paolo Iashvili dedicated a poem full of hatred and curses to this world-known writer, the reason for which must be sought in the communist, terror-creating, state system…