In June 2024, the media and social networks reported that in one of the beer establishments of Stuttgart, a prohibition sign appeared duplicated in Ukrainian. We checked the reliability of the photo given as evidence.
In the evening of June 19, Telegram channel "RT in Russian"(162,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) published a photo with the following description:" "It is forbidden to shout racist insults and discuss politics. The offenders will be removed from the bar. Football outside politics." Such a warning appeared in a bar in Stuttgart during Euro 2024. The inscription in two languages: German and Ukrainian. The photo was sent by the subscriber RT. " Telegram channel "Signal"(33,000 views) based on one picture, he said that the same ban appeared in other German bars.
According to the TGSTAT service, at the time of writing this analysis, about 70 similar posts appeared in Telegram, which scored about 600,000 views in total. Among the channels that published a photograph - “Kostyan Cat - Official Channel"(85,000 views),"Rhymes and morgen"(83,000),"Patriot Z"(31,000) and others. In addition, such publications are found on VKontakte (examples here, here And here), "Zen", On the website of the newspaper"Arguments and facts", As well as on others news resources.
The viral photo shows a plate on the table with an ad in the upper part of which is the SportBar logo is located Carambolage - This institution is actually located in Stuttgart. At the same time, where exactly the picture was taken, it is almost impossible to determine: in the photograph (apparently, intentionally), no signs, staff, nor menu, or bar counter are captured. The text of the announcement in German and Ukrainian says: “Dear visitors! During the broadcast of Euro-2024 matches, it is forbidden to shout racist insults and discuss politics. Violators will be withdrawn from the bar. Football outside politics! Bar leadership. "
Despite the words that the viral photo was sent by the RT subscriber, “verified” found earlier publications, so that the source was not the social network of the channel. So, on June 19 at 14:17 Moscow time, a similar post with the same picture and commentary “It's time to put them in place” appeared in the Telegram channel “Nasurabi"(12,000 views). Then, after more than two hours, the same record was published by the Telegram channel "Freshness"(50,000 views). Both These resource They were mentioned in dozens of analysis “verified”, including as distributors of fake photos and videos.
“Verified” studied more than a hundred interior images of Carambolage, which were made in different years and represented On the page of the institution at Google Maps. We did not find there either a table or the walls captured in a viral photograph. Moreover, the sportbar premises are made in a different style and color scheme.
Point in this story Put Journalists of the Ukrinform agency, whose correspondent contacted representatives of Carambolage. They confirmed that the photograph was fake and was taken not in their institution, and added that the administration has no such requirements for visitors. “The text is unknown to us and not written by us,” the Sportbar team said in a message.
Thus, the reports that Ukrainians were banned from screaming racist insults and discussing politics during the broadcast of football matches of the European Football Championship - false. A picture of the announcement using the Carambolage logo, given as evidence, was made in another unidentified place.
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