In mid -June 2023, social networks distributed Viktor Sadovnichy’s comment on how many former prisoners want to enter his university thanks to new benefits. We checked whether the rector of Moscow State University made such a statement.
“We now have about 1000 statements from participants for admission. I will not hide, there are guys who had a criminal record, someone accidentally killed a grandmother, someone’s wife ”-such a statement attributed to the gardener, Internet users began to spread on June 19. The message became viral in social networks, they were divided (and continue to share) in Twitter, Facebook, "VKontakte" And "Classmates"as well as in comments under articles on news sites. In Telegram, the message, in particular, published a publicist Alexander Nevzorov (680,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) and channel "Cotton swamp"(343 000).
Prisoners from Russian colonies began recruit In the PMC "Wagner" last summer. Six months later It became known On the mass pardon of convicted criminals who spent several months in the war zone. June 13, 2023 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin confirmedthat signs the relevant decrees. According to human rights activists, by the beginning of the year the number of recruited prisoners could reach 50,000 people, the founder of Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin in mid -June declaredthat 32,000 convicts have already returned from the front.
For “participants in Svo”, Russian legislation provides for a variety of benefits, their list is regularly replenished. Information about the statement of Sadovnichy diverged against the background of the news that on June 19, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported On the introduction of quotas for the Russian military upon admission to universities. Appropriate Amendments The law on education was adopted by the State Duma the very next day.
There are no clarifications about the pardoned after the participation of the prisoners in the performance of Golikova or in the amendments approved by the lower house. In turn, the commentary of the Sadovniy is regarding the number of applicants and the presence among them “who accidentally killed a grandmother or wife” is not found on the website of the Moscow State University or on news resources (even unauthorized ones). In the university channel in Telegram And in public in "VKontakte"There are also no such messages or public appeals of the rector.
But this message is easy Detected In the satirical Twitter account Boris Abramych. Judging by the time of publication (June 19 at 18:11 Moscow time), it was this post that became the primary source of the news. Its mass distribution in Telegram began a few hours later (the “cotton swamp” published a post with the same text and photography at 21:27), and Alexander Nevzorov supplied the plot with his comment on June 20, spurring the second wave of spread.
Photo on the cover: Vladimir Butenko, CC by-SA 4.0, Via Wikimedia Commons
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