In May 2024, users of social networks published an advertising poster, released, as claimed, by Trenitalia. The picture depicted the founder of the Wagner PMC and the President of Iran, as well as the slogan: "The train is safer." We found out if such posts are true.
On May 29, the picture was published in social networks X And your own Telegram channel Companion of the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny, leading the YouTube channel "Popular Policy" Dmitry Nizovtsev. “Italian advertising of railways with Prigozhin and Raisi. Text in the picture: “Believe me! ... on the train is safer!”, - the activist says in tweet. The image also became popular on Facebook, where some publications scored dozens And even Hundreds reposts.
Founder of PMC "Wagner" Evgeny Prigozhin Died in a plane crash over the Tver region in August last year, two months after the organized by him rebellion Against the command of the Russian army. A helicopter on board which was President of Iran Ibrahim Raisisi, crashed On May 19, 2024, when the Iranian delegation returned from a trip to Azerbaijan.
"Verified" studied Official site Trenitalia and the pages of the carrier in social networks (Facebook, Instagram), however, did not find a viral image there. In May, the company posted advertising materials on the Internet, but they were noticeably different from the picture with Prigozhin and Raisi. The largest Italian media did not talk about such provocative advertising.
The earliest of the publications we found containing a collage with Prigozhin, Raisi and the Trenitalia logo, appeared May 22 at 14:12 Moscow time at the Italian -speaking Forum Orologi & Passioni. There is no comment on the origin of the picture in the recording, but in the same branch other users placed demotivators, memes and other humorous content.
The spread of the collage outside the Italian -language segment of the Internet, apparently, was facilitated by publication, placed On Reddit after about an hour. The signature under the picture reads: "Fake advertising of Italian railways (Trenitalia), which became viral in Italy."
This entry was published in the channel Nafo -The Internet movement that has appeared in May 2022, which aims to counteract the Kremlin propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine, collecting funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and maintaining in the West the necessary level of awareness of hostilities. The “weapons” of activists are memes, jokes and network activity. At the same time, Nafo has repeatedly criticized for Shitposting, Hard of opponents And Using the language of enmity.
Thus, the Italian railway company did not issue advertisements with portraits of Prigozhin and Raisi under the slogan about the safety of trips by train. The collage, apparently, was created by the user of the Italian forum with memes and demotivators.
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