In mid-June, 2023, the social networks cost a picture that states that Ukrainians living behind the ocean are kneeling in front of the “piquant” graffiti in the yellow-blue gamut. We checked whether this is a description of reality.
The picture captures a large group of people with Ukrainian symbols, kneeling in front of a huge mural in the form of a penis on the facade of the building. Graffiti is also made in the colors of the National Flag of Ukraine, the member is applied to the inscription "PNT". As reported, the photo was taken in one of the cities of Canada.
This photo with reference to publication In the Telegram channel of Russian political scientist Sergei Markov, resources such as the TV channel "Tsargrad","The main regional" And Novina24. She appeared on entertainment portals ("YaPlakal"), But was of special widespread in social networks ("VKontakte" And Twitter). In addition to Markov, channels were published in Telegram Ivan Utenkov (102,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), "INII"(66 000), Putin TG Team (62,000) and "What is going on?"(31 000).
The composition of the picture itself is doubtful of the authenticity of the viral image. Attention, in particular, the inappropriateness of such a frivolous (even executed in national colors) mural in wartime and the strangeness of the worship of Ukrainians before the letters "PNT", which are often disapproving denote Russian president. No publications on the conduct of Ukrainian rallies in Canada in the described entourage have recently appeared on the Web.
“Checked” resorted to the help of the Google Pictures service to search for information on this image.
It turned out that such a mural really exists, or rather, existed, though without the inscription "PN". He appeared back in 2018, and not in Canada, but in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. The author of the image was the local artist Carolina Falkholt, who placed her creation on a special graffiti platform provided by Kollektivet Livet creative agency. This freed Falkholt from the need to consult with local residents before drawing a giant penis on a five -story building. Nevertheless, after a number of complaints (some were left in the form posters right on top of the mural) graffiti was decided delete, it did not last enough. In subsequent years, this place Decorated others graffiti. Falkholt itself was not the first time drawing giant penis - she left a similar image a year earlier New York.
The viral in June 2023 The image is actually a collage. Judging by the angle, falling shadows and other details, the basis for its upper part was a photograph of the place described by us in Stockholm, posted on April 11, 2018 on the Twitter account Graffitiframjanet. The basis of the lower part was a picture from another old publicationswho talks about interfaith prayer in the central square of the Ukrainian city of Cherkasy in March 2017. It was from there that the image of a group of prayers was cut out and mirped. What is characteristic, and six years ago, photographs from the event in Cherkasy became target Russian propaganda with manipulative comments. This time the collage became spread In social networks no later than the morning of June 17, 2023.
Thus, a collage mounted from photographs of five- and six years ago, made in Sweden and Ukraine, respectively, was issued for a fresh picture from Canada.
Photo on the cover: social networks
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