In April 2023, two covers of foreign satirical publications with caricatures on the theme of the Church, which depict the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, Pope, Jesus and priests on fires, were distributed on the Internet. We found out whether these are real covers.
French magazine Charlie Hebdo
On April 5, the cover of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo appeared on the Web. On it, the artists depicted such a scene: an embittered Jesus seemed to be preparing to hit Vladimir Zelensky, but Vladimir Putin stops Christ with the words: “No need! Let's figure it out yourself! " It is reported that the caricature is devoted to the "persecution of the Church" in Ukraine. This supposedly new cover of a popular satirical publication was reported by Telegram channels "DPR 🅉 info 🇷🇺"(54,000 views),"Russia 🇷🇺 Live"(51 000),"The thrilled kingdom"(17,000) and"Ne. Sahar Live"(13,000), users" VKontakte "(examples here, here, here, here And here), Twitter And "Zena".
The upper left corner on the distributed image indicates that this is a special issue (Numéro Spécial) No. 1603 of April 5, 2023. According to Archive covers on the official website of the magazine, on that day really Published fresh release, but he was at 1602, he did not have a note Numéro Spécial, and on his cover Drawn Rabbi, imam, priest and lama, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron. Journal No. 1603 I went out Only on April 12 and also had another cover.
"Verified" studied the official accounts of the French publication in Twitter, Facebook* And Instagram* And did not find a viral caricature there. In addition, in the lower part of the picture you can notice the signature of the artist Juin, however Gallery There are no such issuance covers behind the authorship of this cartoonist.
Fake also give out other technical errors. For example, in the lower left corner on the side, not No. 1603 is indicated on the side, but a four -digit number that begins in 15 (probably 1571 or 1591 - it is difficult to recognize the third number). On the viral cover at the barcode, the number is indicated 17158while official covers costs 14057. In addition, in this case, fonts differ, which is especially visible in numbers 3, 6 and 7, as well as the letter R.
The primary source of Fake was the Telegram channel “Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation ", where the post with the cover appeared April 5 at 13:13 Moscow time and scored more than 13,000 views. The other day there for the first time Published A fake cover of another French magazine on which Zelensky stole Easter eggs in children.
Turkish magazine Leman
The second cover - this time the Turkish satirical magazine Leman - began to diverge on April 7. The caricature shows the Pope, which with the words “this is good” observes how Zelensky burns Orthodox priests. The signature above the picture reads: “Militant Catholics. Who is next "? The authors of some posts that placed the cover believe that this is the hint of publication that, offering Easter reconciliation, Pope Francis "did not say anything about the persecution of the Nazis of Orthodox priests."
This cover appeared in Telegram channels "Zl⭕️"(136,000 views),"Own correspondent"(116 000),"Ostashko! Important"(104 000),"Gasparyan"(88 000),"Gossip"(84,000),"Ukraine.ru"(83,000),"Waiting"(73,000), Putin TG Team (70,000) and "NEARTOVICH"(58,000), as well as in VKontakte (examples here, here, here, here And here) and twitter (here, here And here).
April 7, Chairman of the World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastyanov with reference to a personal conversation with a pontiff reported TASS, that the Pope Francis proposed establishing a two -week truce in the zone of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia - it was supposed to begin on April 9 during the celebration of Easter and bright Easter weeks Catholics and Orthodox. A note on this appeared on the website of the news agency at 10:44. The viral cover began to spread about two hours later. The pope on the part of the Vatican was not discovered by the official evidence of such the initiative of the dad.
Leman magazine is a weekly, the fresh issues of which act On sale on Wednesdays. However, on the distributed cover it is indicated that this is No. 1620 (12th issue of 2023) for April 6 (Thursday). We checked the social networks of the Turkish edition (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), as well as official website And they did not find a similar drawing there with Francis and Zelensky. On the contrary, we found No. 1620 For April 5 (Wednesday) with another cover, which depicts Turkish President Recep Erdogan.
As on the fake cover of Charlie Hebdo, mentioned above, on this font is also different from what the publication uses - this is evident in most letters and numbers on the barcode and in the inscriptions over the logo of the magazine.
This time, the earliest publication with the cover, which was “verified” managed to find, appeared In the Telegram channel "Sheikh Tamir" (183,000 views) on April 7 at 12:24. This channel has repeatedly shared fakes about what is happening in Ukraine and at least three times He became primary source distribution misinformation on this topic.
The appearance of these two covers in early April 2023 is no coincidence - recently reached a peak conflict between the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). He was activated in the fall of 2022, when the security forces Spent A series of searches in churches, monasteries and diocesan administrations, including the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Later Vladimir Zelensky instructed The government to adopt a bill on “the impossibility of the activity in Ukraine, affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation of religious organizations” - in theory, this may mean a ban on the activities of the UOC in the country. In March 2023, it became known that the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, in whose jurisdiction there is a Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, announced On the termination of the contract with the UOC on unlimited lease, therefore, representatives of the church must leave Lavra after March 29. However, the clergy refused to do this, as a result of which in April the conflict broke out with renewed vigor.
Against the background of the confrontation of the UOC, many fakes appeared with the authorities. For example, in March "verified" Disassembled The inaccurate messages of the Russian media that the crosses on the refectory church of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra turned black after conducting worships in the monastery independent of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU). In April in social networks It spread A video allegedly proving that the UOC temple was burned in the Nikolaev region, although in fact a fire that happened about ten years ago in the Astrakhan region of Russia was shown in the video.
Fake covers have been created for several months in support of popular propaganda narratives (for example, that Ukraine is black holewhere the money of Western countries go, or that Ukrainians - locusteating the budgets of the EU and the USA) or on the topic of resonant information farms (for example, meeting Vladimir Putin with Xi Jinping or Call Russian duet of pranks Vova and Lexus President of Poland Andrzei Duda). It is noteworthy that at the end of 2022, after the words of the Pope about the Buryats and Chechens on the Web, also appeared Two fake covers of Leman and Charlie Hebdo magazines.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: Collage "Checked" / social networks
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