At the end of October 2023, photos and videos from a festive reception arranged in Washington were diverged in the Russian -speaking segment of the Internet. It is alleged that Anthony Blinken dressed up his son by the president of Ukraine. We checked whether these messages are true.
As reported in the media and Telegram channels, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken brought his son to the White House to celebrate Halloween in the jumper of protective colors, parodying the daily working costume of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Many saw in this a mockery, because children on Halloween traditionally ask adults with sweets, and the Ukrainian leader regularly addresses partners with a call to help Kyiv with weapons and money. Some authors also paid the attention of readers that the Blinken daughter who came to the holiday was dressed in the colors of the flag of Ukraine.
The unusual choice of a Halloween costume for the son of an American official was reported among others URA.RU, "Moscow Komsomolets" Absatz.media, TV channel "Tsargrad" And "Public news service". The news caused wide interest in Telegram, where it was distributed, in particular, channels "Ax 18+"(1.7 million views at the time of writing this analysis), Mash (958 000), "Live broadcast"(676 000),"NEARTOVICH"(492 000),"Resident"(381 000),"Maria Zakharova"(373,000) and"Older than Edda"(371 000).
Halloween - relatively modern holiday, the tradition of celebrating which on the eve of all saints (October 31) dates back to the beliefs of the ancient Celts who lived in the territory of modern Ireland and Scotland. At the end of the 19th century, thanks to the numerous Irish immigrants, the holiday has gained popularity in the United States, and a century later spread to many countries of the world, where the influence of American culture is strongly. One of the key rituals of Halloween is to walk children in unusual costumes from home to home and asking for the owners of treats (in some countries - money).
In 1958, the tradition of celebrating Halloween She came to the White House. At first, these were colorfully decorated dinners for the wives of the employees of the US presidential administration, but since the 1960s, when children appeared among the permanent inhabitants of the residence, the ritual gradually grew into parties with the participation of dozens and hundreds of invited schoolchildren, and recently-families of military personnel. The year 2023 was no exception. On October 30, on the eve of the festive night, US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Accepted About 8,000 guests who were waiting for bright costume events and, of course, gifts - books and sweets.
There were among the invited public officials with their families. IN Translation on the official YouTube channel of the White House and in the lenses of the world media (CBS News, The Independent) Personnel came, as children of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken are suitable for treating Biden. The head of the foreign policy of the United States and his wife Evan Ryan Two children: four -year -old son and three -year -old daughter. Their names for considerations of security and inviolability of private life are kept secret, also parents do not illuminate the life of their children in social networks. However, on that day, the kids were in the spotlight.
Indeed, as can be seen on Large plans, the boy’s outfit greatly resembles the working costume of Khaki, which is familiar since the beginning of a full -scale war in Ukraine, which President Vladimir Zelensky wears. In the same clothes, the head of state visited the United States in 2022 and Meet With Bayden. In the place where at the boy’s sweatshirt you can see an icon in the form of American and Ukrainian flags, Zelensky flaunted a trident from the coat of arms of Ukraine.
It is unlikely that we can doubt that the costume of Blinken Jr. was called to remind of Zelensky, which is also talking about the colors of the Ukrainian flag (blue dress with a yellow handkerchief) on his sister. Many large Western And Ukrainian Media. That's just the presentation of the symbolism of this act differs from the rhetoric of pro -Russian publications. In particular, in Ukraine itself, along with Blinken Jr. calmly And even benevolently-the media regarded this act as a sign of support. A similar attitude can be seen in Western press: it would be strange to wait for the mocking subtext of Blinken, which with enviable regularity speaks On the support of Ukraine. At the same time, direct confirmation from the Secretary of State about the source of inspiration for the image of his son was not received at the time of writing, so here we can only talk about the extremely high probability that the boy was dressed in Zelensky's costume.
Photo on the cover: screenshot The White House
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