Pindus Journal Of Culture, Literature, and ELT ISSN: 2792 – 1883 Volume 6 https://literature.academicjournal.io/ 1 DISINFORMATION MANIPULATION BY MISINTERPRETATION OF A HISTORICAL FACT Zaza Tsotniashvili Caucasus International University Professor Abstract: Numerous facts of the use of history by powerful media outlets for ideological purposes are known to information warfare researchers. In this regard, the interpretation of the russian propaganda machine of the 1774 Kuchuk-Kainarji armistice between Russia and the Ottomans is particularly important. The misinformation interpretation of the Kuchuk-Kainarji truce is directly influenced by such an influential figure as president Putin, which greatly complicates the problem. Another attempt to justify the occupation of the territories of Georgia is another hybrid attack on our territorial integrity by the russian propaganda media. The different historical past of the Kuchuk-Kainarji truce does not prevent the modern russian disinformation machine from consolidating public opinion against the state interests of Georgia. There are local efforts by Georgian media outlets to neutralize disinformation, with only a handful of attempts to combat propaganda. It is state-important that a specific fact be followed by an international assessment and that it is constantly circulated in the international media based on reliable sources Keywords: Disinformation, manipulation, propaganda, information warfare, media, occupation Introduction Numerous facts of the use of history by powerful media outlets for ideological purposes are known to information warfare researchers. In this regard, the interpretation of the russian propaganda machine of the 1774 Kuchuk- Kainarji armistice between Russia and the Ottomans is particularly important. It is in Russia's interest to defend our positions in a selfless struggle in a hybrid war. Unfortunately, these interests are at odds with our national security, and defending democratic values is a great challenge to such a force. Vladimir Putin's well-known directive: "We must take into account the plans and directions of other countries' armed forces. Our response must be an intellectual advantage, which will be asymmetric and cheap." (Putin, V.) Even at the forefront of the misinformation interpretation of the Kuchuk-Kainarji truce is an influential figure like president Putin, which greatly complicates the problem. It is typical for the working mechanism of the propaganda machine to create a preliminary background, which before the statement of Vladimir Putin took on the so-called president Kokoiti: "The leader of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia instructed the de facto ministries of justice and foreign affairs in march to prepare documents to file a lawsuit in the russian constitutional court.