It is a hybrid warfare tactic and the BBC story is used as a weapon. It is also a useful process, because everyone is completely encrypted, both the agent and their handlers, said Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, while commenting the BBC`s recent publication.

"We see, on one side, external taskmasters, and on the other, agents within the country working together, orchestrated to spread a false narrative. Overall, this process is revealing because both the agent and their handlers are encrypted to the very end.

Today, we saw this clearly: identities, names, surnames, and faces, revealing those working against Georgia. It also demonstrated that these are hybrid tactics being employed against Georgia, including this story and the falsification that serves this very purpose. This is a hybrid warfare tactic; the weapon is the story, although the clients and their objectives have become clear from the responses and the situation we have observed", - said Shalva Papuashvili.