Is it true that Dmitry Nagiev published a selfie against a background of a car with a Z sticker?

In March 2024, the social network bypassed a photograph of the Russian showman, accompanied by his statement in support of Vladimir Putin. We checked whether this is genuine.

As reported, Nagiyev, who previously openly expressed his position on the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, unexpectedly published a selfie against the background of a car with a St. George ribbon in the form of the letter Z. The image was accompanied by the inscription: “A strong country is a strong president” that, against the background of the elections in Russia, was regarded by Internet users as supporting Vladimir Putin.

The main field for the distribution of the news was Telegram, where channels such as "wrote about it"Pozdnyakov 3.0"(290,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), KB (222 000), "Putin in Telegram"(180 000),"Uncle Glory"(168 000),"Observer"(153,000) and Voblya (131 000).

After the start of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation with Ukraine, Dmitry Nagiyev stopped conducting popular television shows and practically does not appear at social events. In the network activity of the showman, you can see transparent hints of his negative attitude to Russian invasion. So, on March 12, 2022, after the news about the upcoming locking of Instagram in Russia, Nagiyev posted video With the signature: “Goodbye. We will definitely meet. I love you, despite the tart taste of lost hopes. As my grandfather said before the sacrament: "Well, I, the old one, did?" As a background music, the artist chose a fragment of the song “Train in the Fire” of the Aquarium group, starting with the words “according to new intelligence data, we fought with ourselves”. In April of the same year, after news about the mass death of civilians in the Kyiv region, the TV presenter published fast with the words "maybe enough", and in February 2023 Rejected The proposal to become the leading annual award of the Muz-TV channel, saying: “The time will come, and we will definitely work and reward really the best musicians. In the meantime, as my grandfather said: "Shish to you, not a fair of honey in Luzhniki." Earlier, Nagiyev sharply criticized “any aggression” (in particular, inscriptions “We can repeat” and “on Berlin” on the cars of Russians) and ultimate Regarding Putin's presidential terms of presidential terms.

In the absence of any direct statements by Nagiyev on the topic of the war in the public space, rumors on this topic appeared from time to time. In the spring of 2022, the showman was attributed to anti -war text “Our victory!”, And in January 2023, the news dispersed that he was supposedly Donesty 200 million rubles. for the needs of the Russian army. Both messages turned out to be false.

Nagiyev has only one verified account in social networks - its profile in Instagram (@nagiev.universal). There, “verified” did not find any signs of photography against the background of the letter Z or signatures with the words about the strong president.

The extended picture was commented by the director of the showman Elena Shaykin. Correspondent of the Daily Storm portal she She said: “I don’t know where the photo came from. I have not seen such a photograph of the artist. I don’t understand what public you are present, that you find a similar story. It’s just that this photograph does not exist, therefore, probably, they didn’t see it in social networks [Nagiyev]. ” In an interview with representatives of the Internet publication of News.ru Shaykin Speaking More categorical: "This is some kind of fake."

The photo is not only absent in any authoritative sources, but also does not look very realistic. Green foliage does not correspond to the March weather in the middle lane, not to mention the autumn yellow crown of some trees. In addition, “verified” could not find other photos of Nagiyev in the same glasses and a jacket.

According to TGSTAT, the first photo and statement attributed to Nagiyev distributed the Telegram channel "Pozdnyakov 3.0", Where the corresponding post appeared on March 19 at 14:08 Moscow time. This channel repeatedly was Noticed In the spread of inaccurate information related to Ukraine, and it is conducted by Vladislav Pozdnyakov - the creator of the Male State movement, which promotes discrimination on a gender basis, organizes the grass of people and organizations and is declared extremist in Russia.

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