The claim
the Facebook page „მოგი*ყანთ ოპოზიცია“ (F*ck Your Opposition) shared the video of Nika Melia, a member of the opposition party National Movement that was uploaded on June 21, 2019. Said video was shared with the following words: “Standpoint of Traitors of the Country”. Video shows Nika Melia being interviewed by TV “Rustavi 2” in the Parliament chamber. Video footage has a logo of "Rustavi 2" that dates back to June 20, 2019. In an 8-seconds long video Melia states the following: “ Everybody already knows that Abkhazia and Samachablo are both sovereign states and should be completely under the influence of Russia…”.
Rating
A video disseminated by the "F*ck Your Opposition” is manipulation because Nika Melia’s quote is incomplete and is disseminated without context. In reality, a complete version of the video shows that Nika Melia uses these words to demonstrate Russian Duma MP Sergei Gavrilov’s attitude towards Georgia. Melia commented on the protest over the June 20, 2019 appearance of a Russian MP in the parliament of Georgia.
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