The term “saucepan heads” dates back to the Euromaidan era, but today its use has been intensified by Russian propagandists due to the protests in Georgia. Thus, now they use this word disparagingly not only to Ukrainians, but also to Georgians who are participating in the protests provoked by the statement of the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze to stop the European integration process by 2028.

On January 16, 2014, during the Euromaidan, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a number of resonant laws known as the Laws of January 16, Dictatorship Laws, among which was a ban on wearing protective helmets during protests. In response, Ukrainians began to hang saucepans, pots and other objects on their heads to ridicule this law and demonstrate its absurdity. In turn, the Russians began to call Ukrainians “saucepan heads”.

Today, Russian propaganda claims that Georgia “took over the baton from the Ukrainian saucepans, who brought betrayal, devastation, and death upon themselves in 2014”. Propagandists also believe that the protests in Georgia are being paid for by the West, and that a “Tbilisi-Kyiv saucepan deja vu with the distribution of European muzzles” is currently taking place.

By using the term “saucepan heads”, Russian propaganda simultaneously discredits both Euromaidan and today’s events in Georgia, as well as Ukrainians and Georgians who have an active civic position.