A photograph spread in social networks, which allegedly captures the “Ordinary Wedding in Ukraine” - in the picture of the newlyweds and the guests throw their hands in a Nazi greeting. We checked the reliability of such publications.
On September 4, the photo was published by Telegram channels "Tin of the day" (1.5 million subscribers at the time of writing this analysis), "Voblya Novosti" (1.1 million) and "Observer????" (487 000). On the same day on VKontakte, the picture was placed in public "Special forces" (193,000) and "We are V -form of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Guard Military" (84,000). Users also shared the image Twitter And Facebook*.
In fact, this photograph appeared a few years ago - for example, in 2017, the Yaplakal forum user Turned on Its in a selection of funny pictures found on the Internet. The picture posted five years ago almost completely coincides with the fact that it was published in September 2022. The only difference is that on the original image, the upper strip of the flag is painted not in blue, but in black.
Some Internet users who have taken the exposure of bloggers sharing inaccurate information argue that in fact in the hands of men in the photo-the flag of the Russian Empire. It really has strips of black and yellow, but under them is also a white strip. Since it is not visible in the photograph, it is impossible to unequivocally say that the guests brought the imperial flag to the wedding.
In recent decades, the black-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire began to actively use Russian nationalists-in particular, it became The main attribute of the "Russian march". He is also popular among monarchists and some football fans. On the largest Russian marketplaces Sold Dozens of versions of the imperial flag with the inscription "We are Russians, God is with us."
Although the picture was taken at least five years ago and there was no yellow-blue flag on it, can we say that the wedding captured by the photographer did not take place in Ukraine? The rear background will help to figure it out, on which a very characteristic pedestal of a certain monument and a yellow-beige five-story building are visible. Judging by the Google Street View service, newlyweds and their guests took pictures Not at all in Ukraine, but in Russia: behind them - a monument to Lenin and One of the registry offices Novokuznetsk.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook, an extremist organization; Its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: Telegram
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