• 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.

March 2021

Russian media targeted Lithuania using Yevgeny Prigozhin impersonator

by Eto Buziashvili, Lukas Andriukaitis

Russian outlets promoted photos of body double alleging Prigozhin visited Lithuania in 2020 despite EU sanctions.
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September 2020

Georgia’s pro-Russian party provokes ethnic and religious tensions ahead of parliamentary elections

The Alliance of Patriots installed anti-Turkish billboards in the streets of Georgia while launching anti-Turkish ads on Facebook
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