At the end of August 2023, on Russian television and social networks, they reported that Provocialla Presley and Shavo Odajyan allegedly asked the president of Ukraine to go to Rehab. We checked whether these appeals of celebrities are real.
From August 23, publications that the widow of the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley, actress and business woman began to disperse along the rune. Priscilla Presley I recorded a video message to Vladimir Zelensky, in which she allegedly advised him to get rid of drug and alcohol dependence in a specialized clinic. The proof of this was an almost three-minute video of several storiz from Instagram*-the account of Presley, demonstrated on the screen of the smartphone.
On August 28, the video was told on the air of Channel One on the program "Time will show". Leading Olesya Loseva, repeatedly distributed Fakes in their Telegram channel, said that American celebrities had a peculiar flash mob-they allegedly invite Zelensky to drug clinics. Loseva mentioned the actors Elijah Wood, Dina Norris And John Mcginleyas well as a boxer T -shirt Tyson - “Verified” established that all four appeals were fakes. Further on the air they showed a new video allegedly from the widow of Elvis Presley, after which the host Anatoly Kuzichev exclaimed: “It is mocking!”
The appeal of the Priscill Presley was reported by Telegram channels of the TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko (132,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) and television channel "360"(33,000), as well as"Uncle Glory"(261 000),"Putin in Telegram"(247,000),"Zlaya Pruf"(166 000),"Heaven is"(147 000), TG Team Russia (78 000), "Russia 2.0"(63,000) and"Mriya"(40,000). In addition, the media wrote about the video, among which "Radio Sputnik" Eadaily, "Morning South" Tvcenter.ru, "The main regional"As well as public"VKontakte".
The widow of Elvis Presley
As in previous such videos, allegedly recorded by other celebrities, Presley never mentioned the name of Vladimir, to whom she was addressing, and used the Russian, and not the Ukrainian version of the name of the politician. At the same time, the tag of the official Instagram account of Zelensky is noticeable on the frames. Below we give a complete translation of the words of the actress.
Hi Vladimir. I hope I said your name correctly. I am Provocial Presley. And I know that you have a family and friends who are very worried about you. And you also have an addiction ... alcohol dependence. And I am here to tell you: I have friends who were also dependent. And I helped them overcome this addiction, advising them to undergo a rehabilitation course in Rehab. (At that moment, an inscription appears in the video with reference to the Betty Ford medical center, it was also mentioned in fake storiz Wood, Norris And Mcginley. - approx. Ed.). You know, it is very difficult to abandon it yourself, this is the dependence. You need to look at it from the side and think not only about yourself, Vladimir. Surely you ran into something, you have some grievances, unfulfilled promises or negative thoughts. And you can drink to get away from all this. You need to turn to someone-where you will help you go through it. Because your family is worried, and your friends are worried, and now I am worried. Because I know that this is a bad situation. Taking drugs or, for example, alcohol, you think that under the high you run away from your problems. Please, I urge you: seek help. It can be someone who can help you. Or you can go to where you will help you get rid of drug addiction. You will be much better, because the fight against your problems is a struggle with fear. And this struggle is what you need to do now in order to cope with everything and delete it out of life. So help yourself in this and listen to your friends and family, they are very worried. They love you and take care of you. And on your part it will not be a little selfish not to fight, knowing that these people are painful, that they do not care. Therefore, please, please seek help, although it is not easy. Fine? I hope you can do it and free yourself from drugs, and I would very much like to hear it from you once.
Presley really has a verified profile in InstagramBut there was no trace of the appeal to Zelensky “verified” there. In general, this is logical, since the story visible There are only 24 hours in the profile, if they are not added to a special album. However, there are no references to such a video in other social networks of a business woman (X/Twitter And Facebook*). Moreover, we Found Only one post related to Ukraine - in March 2022 Presley I asked Make donations to the aid of the animals left there. At the same time, the only recording of Storiz is walking on the network, which seems strange, given that Presley has 667,000 subscribers on Instagram. In addition, not a single authoritative international media wrote about the appeal to Zelensky, although special attention has recently been focused on Persona Persona in connection with the release film About her and death Her daughters.
In the Telegram channel "sky" noted: "Well, obviously, this is not a neural network - it still does not know how." "Checked" in accordance with this conclusion. Since the previous four fake appeals to Zelensky were created on the basis of the real videos obtained through the Cameo service, we checked whether Presley was registered there. It turned out that her page There is on the platform, but at the time of writing this analysis is not available. In the section with the reviews, “verified” found two appeals dated to August 2023, on which Presley had the same hairstyle, clothes and decoration. Viral viral storiz also coincides with those shown on the Cameo website. According to the Internet archive, as of May 2022, the cost of applying Provocialla composed $ 200.
The exact source of the fake “verified” could not track. The earliest publication that we found, appeared In the Telegram channel Voblya (131,000 views) on August 23, 2023 at 13:04 Moscow time. This channel many times distributed fakes. However, in the materials from their posts, the authors of Voblya put a branded tank, which is absent in Some later posts about Presley's appeal. So there is either an earlier record with a fake video, or its distribution began simultaneously from several sources.
System of a download bassist
Similar false appeals to Zelensky from celebrities usually appear every week, and eight days after the video with Presley, on August 31, a 2.5-minute video with Shavarus (Shavo) is an Odajan from the System of a Download group. It is the same as a record of several storiz. In Telegram channel "DPR 🅉 info 🇷🇺"(41,000 views) The video commented as follows:" Not only American, but also Armenian stars took up Zelensky! "
In addition, the video posted channels "Live broadcast"(688,000 views),"Uncle Glory"(207 000)"Putin in Telegram"(185,000),"Heaven is"(160 000), Voblya (156 000), "Yakov Kedmi"(74 000) and TG Team Russia (48,000), as well as users "VKontakte" Livejournal, Rutube and sites "Rambler/News","Morning South","The main regional" And "Podolyaka".
In his appeal, the musician, like other the above stars, never said the name of Vladimir (the Russian -speaking version of the name was again used) and did not mention Ukraine. At the same time, the artist pronounces the name of a certain Kamaly. Below are a translation of the appeal of Odadjyan.
How are you, Vladimir? This is a Shavo from System of a Down. They told me here that you hang out too much. I know how it is. But you have loved ones, for example, Kamala (at that moment a link to the video appears Instagram-count of the US Vice President Kamaly Harris. - approx. Ed.) And other family members and friends who care much about you. This is very important. Most people who have lost their right path have not. And you have, and this is the first plus. The second plus - you have willpower. And this is your best feature that will help to get off this shit. I know that it can be cool: you have fun, drink, hang out, spending time well, etc. - I myself did it all. But the time comes when you understand that it is already too much and that it is not good. The more you use it, the even more you want. And then one day you can screw up and accept so much that your loved ones will lose you. It is selfish. Therefore, I tell you, bro: if you go to Rehab, it will be amazing. Believe me, the first appeal is the best that you can do for yourself, for your family, friends and everyone who loves you. The best you can do. And as soon as you go there, you will understand how cool it is. You realize where you turned the wrong way and how bad everything could be. You are lucky, it's still not so bad, you have a chance. It all depends on you. You have a chance to go and help yourself, making all your loved ones happy. I know what it feels: when you take all these things and think that it will be bad only to you, and not to others. But remember, bro: if you have close ones, then, making it hurt yourself, you hurt them. You must remember this. No one wants to see how those who they care about, fall into the abyss - especially the way you can do. So, Vlad, I love you, bro. You have willpower, there is energy, you can do everything. I know many who did it. Dude, there are much more pluses than minuses, and you will understand it. Words cannot convey how you will feel after changing. Therefore, I just want to give you a positive charge, bro. Make it clear that you can do it. You can and can, I promise. All the best to you. See you!
As in the case of Presley, in the official Instagram, Twitter And Facebook There are no traces of an alleged appeal to the President of Ukraine. A one-only recording of Storiz is again distributed over the network, despite the artist’s half-million audience on Instagram. Moreover, there are at least two fundamentally different versions of the video: on one There is a referentermark Reuters, and on another There is no such logo. However, on site and in social networks There are no agencies of the musician. Moreover, no authoritative international media wrote about such an appeal to the President of Ukraine.
The authors of the fake, as in the previous five times, took advantage of the Cameo service - a link to page Obadjyan on this platform is indicated in the description of the profile on the musician Instagram. The cost of its video is $ 149. "Verified" studied records in the review section and found video, recorded against the background of the same wall as viral storiz.
The earliest post with a fake that was trained "verified", appeared In the Telegram channel "Tasworm News" (2800 views). There, a fake video without a tank of Reuters laid out on August 31, 2023 at 14:33. This channel is not the first time It becomes The primary source of misinformation.
Thus, the appeals of Priscilla Presley and Shavo Odajyan to Zelensky are the next fakes created using the video ordering service from celebrities. According to our calculations, the organizers of the misinformation campaign spent about $ 1,500 on the creation of six famers (including video from Wood, Tyson, Norris and McGinli).
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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