• Research Associate, Caucasus
  • Contact email: sgelava1@atlanticcouncil.org
  • Media queries: dfrlabmedia@atlanticcouncil.org

Sopo Gelava

Sopo Gelava is a research associate for the Caucasus with 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.

December 2025

Kremlin-origin campaigns target Armenia with ‘Ukrainization’ narrative

by Sopo Gelava

As Armenia shifts its foreign policy, pro-Russia channels amplify familiar fearmongering narratives
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December 2025

How social media manipulation fuels anti-Ukraine sentiment in Poland

by Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

How inauthentic social media activity exploits political and security events to seed division between Poland and Ukraine
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November 2025

Suspicious websites amplify narratives from sanctioned Russian entities targeting Georgia

by Sopo Gelava

Three websites launder content from sanctioned Russian platforms and target Georgia with anti-West narratives.
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