The claim
Facebook pages სექტა (Sect), მეხუთე რეიხი (Fifth Reich), რეალობა (Reality), მიხეილ უკრაინოლოგი (Mikheil Ukrainologi) and ანტილიბერალური დოქტრინა (Antiliberal Doctrine) as well as Facebook users გაბრიელ კამაევი (Gabriel Kamaevi), Oboladze Gia, Mindo Mandela and Nino Labartkava spread identical photos depicting Elene Khoshtaria, an opposition politician, holding a spray paint in her hand. Khoshtaria is standing in front of a police officer with a temporary wall erected behind the latter. The photo also depicts a microphone and a logo of pro-opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV.
Rating
The image spread by Facebook pages and individual users is manipulative. It has been cut out from Mtavari Arkhi TV story, the original footage of which shows that Elene Khoshtaria is trying to spray-paint graffiti on the temporary wall with police officers trying to obstruct her. Khoshtaria’s paint sprayer is pointed directly at the wall, not at the police officer. The spread manipulation aims at discrediting the opposition politician.
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