DISINFO: Georgia is being forced to follow an ultra-liberal agenda
SUMMARY
What is happening in Georgia is a battle of the Georgian people for their national historical existence. It is no longer just a question of dignity, but simply of existence. It is not just that the masks have been thrown off, a battle has already begun, when people are being forced, forced at gunpoint, threatening not only with the cessation of aid, but simply threatening to impose an ultra-liberal agenda on them.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about lost sovereignty, challenging Georgian statehood, nationality and values: this is a conspiracy theory often spread by pro-Kremlin outlets, claiming that liberal elites impose Western-driven globalisation around the world and rob nations of their sovereignty and identity. See another example, claiming that Georgia is a colony of Euro-American imperialism, subject to imposed Western liberal values.
This claim was made in the context of Georgia's parliamentary elections held on 26 October 2024. Read our analysis describing how pro-Kremlin sources have consistently sought to undermine the country’s European integration and what anti-EU rhetoric was used before the parliamentary election.
Various pro-Kremlin actors also pushed the notion that EU membership would require Georgia to legalise ‘gay marriage’, and more broadly that membership would mean a rejection of Georgian identity, traditional values, and Orthodoxy, framing the pursuit of EU integration as an act of betrayal of ‘true Georgianness’.
The article’s message is consistent with a broad pro-Kremlin narrative claiming that Western liberalism (or “liberal globalism”) undermines traditional values, such as the family, Christian religion, sexual identities, and patriotism, provoking the breakdown of communities.
The narrative about “threatened values” – one of the most common pro-Kremlin narratives – suggests that those who are committed to traditional values are now threatened by those who oppose them and instead seek to establish a morally bankrupt dystopia.
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