The other day, the media reported that the Oscar -winning Leonardo DiCaprio donated $ 10 million to Ukraine, but it is not very clear what to help refugees, or the army. And earlier such news were about actress Lei Akhedzhakov, but with the amount more modest - $ 10,000. We checked that these stories are true and that was a lie.
News publications on the donation of the Titanic star appeared in early March. So, for example, Ukrainian publications began to massively spread the history of the 7th. The headlines that DiCaprio donated $ 10 million for the needs of Ukraine are found on sites "1 + 1", Ukrinform, "Gordon", "News", "Elle Ukraine", Apnews.com.ua And REGNUM. Moreover, at different publications, the versions are somewhat different: somewhere it is written that the actor allegedly sent money to the armed forces, and somewhere to the Fund for helping refugees. It was also noted that the family roots were prompted by this act of Leo: supposedly his grandmother was born in Odessa. Posts about his donation can be seen in "VKontakte" And Twitter.
And at the end of February, the media and social networks were similar messages about the People's Artist of the Russian Federation Leah Akhedzhakov - she allegedly sent $ 10,000 to the Ukrainian army, and after that announced leaving Russia. You can read about this in "VKontakte" And on the sites of radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "Echo of the Caucasus", OBOZREVATEL, "24th channel" And UNIAN.
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
From the very beginning, this whole story was alarming by the absence of any large authoritative English-speaking sources. Initially, the news could be found, for example, on the Polish site Polish News (The publication has already been deleted, in turn, they referred to the Polish television channel there TVN 24), in Spanish Marca And on the Indian Hindustan Times or The Tribune. There were no public statements from the actor himself and his representatives or from the Ukrainian authorities. Some famous publications began to write about this later, but then either the publications were removed or corrected them.
The earliest publication we found about DiCaprio and his alleged assistance to Ukraine appeared On March 5, GSA News is the Gayan website (South America). Some Ukrainian publications referred to this site. It said that, according to Ukrainian sources, the Hollywood superstar transferred $ 10 million to the Ukrainian government - the donation is supposedly intended to support the military, as well as for humanitarian purposes. Moreover, the site stated that the money was transferred on May 5, 2022.
March 9 GSA News material Updated, having completed in the heading that DiCaprio, perhaps, did not donate $ 10 million. An apology and addition appeared in the text: an independent factor CNN Dale Daniel reportedthat, according to the sources close to DiCaprio, the actor did not make such a major donation, although he financially supported charitable organizations providing assistance to Ukraine.
On some sites Found Other information: Leo donated money not to the Ukrainian government, but to the International Vishegrad Fund (International Visegrad Fund), which allegedly published the information. But this is not true, which the representative of the fund told publications Reuters, Snopes And Insider: “We do not know anything and do not have information that Leonardo DiCaprio donated $ 10 million (or £ 7.6 million) to Ukraine.” But there they added that the prime ministers of the Vishegrad four countries (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) agreed to allocate € 1 million to the assistance to Ukraine.
Most likely, someone saw a record of March 6 on a donation on a Twitter account Visegrád 24 (The post has already been deleted) and thought that this page was somehow connected with the fund, although in the tweet itself nothing was said about any fund. On the Facebook account of the fund even Fleaned This story: “In our time, fake news gain any type and shape. For example, today some media reported that the International Vishegrad Fund announced a donation to Ukraine in the amount of $ 10 million from a famous American actor. Please check your sources, read authoritative journalists and the media and do not spread fake news. ”
Although Leonardo did not send money to the Armed Forces or Vishegrad fund, he still provided assistance. So, according to the source Insider, Vanity Fair And PEOPLE, the actor made several secret donations for the indexed amounts to various humanitarian organizations working in Ukraine: Care, IRC (International Rescue Committee), UNHCR (U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees) and Save the Children. This is Snopes confirmed And the representative of DiCaprio. According to the source, the amount of $ 10 million is not true.
As for the Ukrainian roots of the actor, the same source of publications Insider, Vanity Fair And PEOPLE He refuted any family ties of DiCaprio with Ukraine. The actor himself has repeatedly called his maternal grandmother Helen Inddenbirken (nee Elena Smirnova): for example, on meeting with Vladimir Putin, when he was the Prime Minister of Russia, and at conversation With the journalist of the Russian version of Interview magazine.
According to most sources, Indenbirken Born Back in the Russian Empire in 1915, but the exact information about its place of birth could not be found. After the 1917 revolution, Elena's parents emigrated to Germany, where the girl grew up. Although on the English-language page DiCaprio in Wikipedia states that his grandmother Ukrainian by origin (UKRanian-Born), this is a change Book Only on March 9, 2022 with the next comment: "It turned out that she was born in Odessa." However, on the network you can find and other The versions by which Elena was a native of Perm or the Kherson region.
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2. Leah Akhedzhakova
February 27 Russian and Ukrainian media Reportedthat in her Instagram account, Leah Akhedzhakova allegedly spoke about the donation of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of $ 10,000. The post was accompanied by the following signature: “I supported the Ukrainian army with a transfer of $ 10,000 and urge you to do the same! And once again I say: I'm really very sorry for what happened. Everything in my chest is squeezing with the realization that both yours and our guys are dying in your country now. Somewhere very young. And I sincerely want it all to end. ” Then she allegedly called on Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and reported that she decided to leave Russia with hope to return someday.
But still in the afternoon of February 27, in social networks of the Moscow Theater "Contemporary", where the artist performs for many years, this news refuted: “In the extremely difficult situation in which we are all, more important than ever access to reliable information. In this regard, we hasten to refute the information published today on the Instagram network on behalf of Leah Akhedzhakova. Account @l_ahedzhakova - This is a fake created by an anonymous user. The information posted on this page about its intention to leave the country, as well as the donation of funds in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has nothing to do with reality. Like all of us, Leah Medzhidovna wants the world to reign and nothing threatens people's lives. Please be vigilant, do not trust unverified and unofficial sources of information. ”
And in the evening of the same day with a refutation Spended And Akhedzhakova herself: “Well, how can this be transferred to the army? I can’t even imagine how this can be done. Moreover ... this is not the first time: I have "was" Twitter, and for three years my lawyer with the help of the prosecutor’s office, only now we have achieved that [him] no more. But the fact is that I, in general, suffered this business, and I have no Internet, I do not know how. ” By the way, the fake Instagram account was also blocked.
Also in early March, a new video was released on the Yekaterina Gordeeva YouTube channel with another comment on Akhedzhakova: “On Instagram (I don’t know what it was even) on my name in the morning broke out, firstly, that I made it from Russia and plus the finances of the Ukrainian army.” According to the actress, she can hardly use the phone, so she is not up to social networks.
Image: Frame from the movie "Wolf with Wall Street"
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