• Research Associate

Eto Buziashvili

Eto Buziashvili is a research associate at the Atlantic Council’sDigital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), where she researches influence and information operations, foreign interference, and digital authoritarianism, with a focus on Russia and Eastern Europe.

Before joining the Atlantic Council in 2019, Buziashvili served as an advisor to Georgia’s National Security Council, specializing in foreign policy and national security issues related to Russia. In this role, she contributed to the development of key strategic documents. Prior to that, she worked as a senior analyst at Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, conducting in-depth analyses and providing strategic recommendations on Russia-related security and the information space.

Buziashvili holds a master’s degree in international and European security from the University of Geneva and is an alumna of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). She is also an invited lecturer in international programs. Her research and insights are frequently cited by leading media outlets and international publications.

In 2024, Buziashvili was recognized by NATO’s “20 Women Fighting Information Threats” project.

January 2022

Russian War Report: Kremlin pushes claims about Ukrainian offensive, ‘junk’ weapons from West

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

The Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab is tracking the latest from Russian troop movements to social media conspiracy theories to Duma debates.
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January 2022

Russian War Report: A push to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent states

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Amid a legislative push to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russia is spinning narratives of NATO aggression and continuing to mass troops and materiel near Ukraine.
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December 2021

Website shuts down as its Pfizer vaccine conspiracy theories spread globally

by Eto Buziashvili

False claims about Pfizer’s CEO and his spouse proliferated worldwide, translated into at least half a dozen languages.
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