Memory and Disinformation Studies

11 August 2023

IDFI held meetings with partner organizations in Poland

On August 8-11, 2023, representatives of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) visited partner organizations in Warsaw, Poland.

24 July 2023

IDFI presented the updated website of Stalin's Lists

On July 21, 2023, at the Writers' House of Georgia, the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) presented the updated website of "Stalin's Lists".

7 July 2023

Certificates were awarded to the participants of the disinformation and propaganda research program

On July 6, 2023, the training program "Disinformation and Propaganda Research: History, Theories and Means of Debunking", created within the framework of cooperation between the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG), was completed, and the participants of the training course were awarded certificates.

26 June 2023

International conference - "New Frontiers: The South Caucasus Amidst New Challenges"

On June 22-23, 2023, the 9th annual conference of the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) - "New Frontiers: The South Caucasus Amidst New Challenges" was held.

10 June 2023

International Conference - Ambivalences of the Soviet

On June 7-9, 2023, the conference "Ambivalences of the Soviet" was held as part of the cooperation between the Germany/Austria-based research network "Ambivalences of the Soviet: Diaspora Nationalities between Collective Experiences of Discrimination and Individual Normalization, 1953-2023" and Ilia State University.

7 June 2023

IDFI held a presentation of the study

On June 6, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) held a presentation of the study - "Russian Capital and Russian Connections in Georgian Business" within the framework of the conference organized by the "Information Integrity Coalition" and presented the main findings of the study.

6 June 2023

Russian capital and Russian connections in Georgian business

1 June 2023

The title of National Hero for the members of the “Military Center” executed in 1923

On May 26, 2023, the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, announced the initiative to award the title of National Hero of Georgia to the members of the "Military Center of Georgia" who were shot in 1923.

17 May 2023

Spring Semester of the Academic and Certificate Program - Disinformation and Propaganda research

Spring semester of academic program - Disinformation and Propaganda Research: History, Theories and Means of Debunking continues. The educational program is jointly organised by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG).

10 May 2023

Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda

On May 4, 2023, at a meeting organized by the Telegram channel "О стране и мире", Anton Vatcharadze, the head of the Memory and Disinformation Research Department of the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), spoke about the study "Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda”.