Information Opposition of Russia and Georgia at the Present Stage

Objective: The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of the information confrontation between Russia and Georgia at the present stage. Method: The use of systemic methodological and historical approach symbiosis in the article as the methodology for studying contributed to the identification of a number of important contradictions between the parties to the conflict, the stages of information confrontation, which were determined by a combination of factors of a military-political, economic, social and humanitarian nature. Results and Discussion: The trends were analyzed in which the information counteraction of two states is carried out. The article notes that the main conflictogens in the information context of Russia and Georgia are the following factors: territorial, unresolved political and state status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, development of associated relations between Russia and "partially recognized states", the conflicts of multi-vector integration projects developed by regional and non-regional countries, socio-cultural and humanitarian issues. The article pays special attention to the approaches (models) of counteraction and their content used by Russia and Georgia. Traditional and non-traditional sources of information (disinformation) used by the media of two countries are analyzed. Research Implications: The study shows that an important feature of the confrontation between Russia and Georgia today is the presence of serious restrictions for access to the media and communication means of both sides, thus individual media are forced to conduct their activities in the Internet space.