In March 2024, information resources distributed a photograph of the Italian movie star against the backdrop of a mural dedicated to it. We checked whether this picture was really taken in the occupied Ukrainian city.
As reported, the Italian actress Ornella Muti visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, who was under the control of the Russian troops, was photographed at the building, on the wall of which street artists placed her portrait in his youth. The star allegedly shared on Instagram. Writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin He published a screenshot of this post in Livejournal with a comment: “This is what I understand! This is a man, rather, this is a woman! She wanted to spit on all the sanctions. Russian blood is not a joke. Makes itself felt. "
About the visit of Muti to the occupied city with reference to the same photo was also told by the TV channel "Tsargrad", Publications"Podolyaka" And "The news feed of Mariupol", Ukrainian portal"New Live"And many Telegram channels, among which Readovka (according to TGSTAT, 972,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), Colonelcassad (282 000), "Uncle Glory"(181 000), Ukraine.ru (149,000) and "Vertical"(140 000).
Almost immediately after the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine in February 2022, Mariupol was in the siege. She ended On May 20, when the last defending Ukrainian military left the territory of the Azovstal plant. During the fighting, the city turned In the ruins - according to Human Rights Watch, about 90% of residential buildings were completely or partially destroyed in its central part. After the cessation of the battles, Russian companies deployed active in Mariupol construction.
Ornella Muti I visited Russia in early March. The actress visited the Moscow Fashion Week, where her daughter Naik Riveli entered the podium, and on March 6 spoke at the World Youth Festival in Sochi with a lecture. The sympathy of the movie star to Russia has long been known - how it is Recognized, her grandfather and grandmother were born in St. Petersburg. In 2016, Russian media Reportedthat the actress purchased an apartment in Moscow, she also repeatedly declared About the intention to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation.
After the performance at the festival, as the media reported, Muti walked around Sochi and, in particular, examined a huge mural with her own portrait, which appeared in the city shortly before. Russian Newspaper even Published A video report dedicated to this event. Muti herself also spoke about him, who posted the picture in Instagram.
The author of the work is the compatriot of the actress, the artist in the Street Art genre Yorit (Chiro Cherullo)which can also be seen in the photo (second on the left). Mural is located on the wall of the house 27/2 On Khudyakov Street in Sochi, not far from federal territory SiriusWhere the World Youth Festival took place. The city administration announced The appearance of street art at the end of February. Muti herself Put it Under the publication on Instagram, hashtag #sochi.
This picture was probably connected with Mariupol due to the past of Yorit. After the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he repeatedly expressed In support of the Kremlin, including in their works. In July 2023, an artist I visited Mariupol created another mural - a portrait of a girl against the background of falling bombs on the wall of a multi -storey building, partially destroyed during the Russian siege. The emergence of this work actively illuminated pro -Khremlin resources, and Yarit itself told About her during the festival in Sirius.
With an incorrect signature of photos from Instagram Muti It became spread Not immediately, only on March 10. This is probably the result of an uncontempt mistake-someone confused two works of one artist. Subsequently, some resources that placed the picture as taken in Mariupol corrected their publications.
Photo on the cover: screenshot from social networks
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