Sopo Gelava

Sopo Gelava

  • Associate Director, Research

Digital Forensic Research Lab

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Issues

Civil Society Disinformation Media

Regions

Eastern Europe Russia The Caucasus

Languages

English Georgian Russian
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Undermining Ukraine: How Russia widened global information operations in 2023
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Blog post

Nov 11, 2025

How a forged France 24 report fueled a radioactive lie concerning France-Armenia relations

By Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

Forged media, impersonated journalists, and coordinated online networks drove a nuclear hoax targeting Armenia

Armenia Disinformation

Blog post

Oct 1, 2025

Targeting the faithful: Pro-Russia campaign engages Moldova’s Christian voters

By Victoria Olari, Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

A coordinated online campaign relied on Christian traditionalist and anti-EU rhetoric to mobilize voters against PAS.

Democracy Democratic Transitions

Uncategorized

Jul 7, 2025

Pro-Kremlin actors push multilingual biolab hoax targeting Armenia

By Sopo Gelava, Givi Gigitashvili

Fabricated claims about the United States operating biolabs in Armenia were spread through a coordinated campaign across Telegram, fringe sites, and social media

Armenia Azerbaijan
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Sopo Gelava is associate director for research at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Prior to the DFRLab, she served as media literacy programs director at Media Development Foundation, leading Georgian think-tank countering disinformation and information operations. Sopo teaches fact-checking and verification courses at the University of Georgia (UG) and is leading the Investigative Media Lab at the university.