On August 22, 2024, reports were published in Runet that an image of the flag of Russia appeared on a huge spherical screen in the United States. The proof of this was several photos and videos. We checked the authenticity of this news.
Day of the State Flag annually Mark in Russia on August 22. In 2024, on social networks on this day, messages were encouraged, according to which a giant image of the Russian tricolor was demonstrated in the American Las Vegas. For example, in the Telegram channel "Uncle Harry TV"(8000 views at the time of writing this analysis) lay out a 12-second video with the signature:" Look how the Flag of the Russian Federation Day is celebrated in Las Vegas. " On August 26, a similar 10-second video commented on the Telegram channel "Sanya in Florida”(512,000 views):“ Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Congratulations on the last day of the Russian flag. In Western social networks there is a smell of Gary from the exploding Pukans of Ukrainian trolls. ” Several similar videos and pictures at once on August 22 published a channel "Dear persimmon"(147,000 views). “Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, MSG SPERE, the largest spherical screen in the world, was painted ... Whatever you say, but in Vegas they know how to celebrate the birthday of the Russian flag with a grand scale,” the post said. Similar publications are found in more than a hundred Telegram channels, among which "Release Kraken!"(62,000 views),"Media station"(35,000),"GAGAUS Republic"(11,000) and others. At the same time in the channel"Russia 2.0"(50,000 views) suggested that the video published there may be fake:" We do not know whether this is true or not, but it looks impressive! "
Photos and videos with the flag of the Russian Federation in the United States and VKontakte were also encouraged. Moreover, in one public it was clarified that they made them during the vacation in Las Vegas Yekaterinburg, and in another - A resident of Chelyabinsk. The owners of many communities did not express doubts about the authenticity of the pictures (examples here, here And here), however, there are posts where images are called possible Installation or Photoshop. In addition, the pictures also spread in the English -language segment of social networks - as in Telegram (one of the posts has 5,000 views), and in social networks X (290,000).
"Sphere" (Sphere at the Venetian Resort) is a concert venue, located In the city of Paradage, the southern suburbs of Las Vegas. The project, then known as MSG Sphere Las Vegas, was announced in 2018, and opened Arena at the end of September 2023. According to the official site, this is the world's largest spherical design: its height is more than 360 feet (about 110 m), and the area of the external programmable LED screen is 580,000 square feet (almost 54,000 sq. M). For the first time the external display was fully Lighted almost for Three months Before the opening, in honor of the Day of Independence of the United States (July 4).
In total, “verified” found five different photos and videos, allegedly confirming that in August 2024 on the Day of the Flag of the Russian Federation, a Russian tricolor was demonstrated on the “sphere”. Among them are two pictures, presumably taken next to the arena, and three videos of 5, 10 and 12 seconds.
"Verified" did not find in social networks Sphere, no references to the fact that on August 22 the Russian flag was demonstrated on the screens. The American media did not write about this event. In addition, on that day, numerous Instagram* users shared their photos and videos, which captured the “Sphere” popular among local residents and tourists (examples here, here, here, here And here), however, there were no images of the flag of the Russian Federation among them.
FACHERSECHERS OF THE PRODUCTS "ґVARA MedIA" Turned For a comment on the company Sphere Entertainment Co.who owns and controls the "sphere." The press service reported that the image (does not specify which one of the spreads on the network) is not real and that it was processed in a digital way.
Ukrainian facts suggest that to create a 12-second video tuning, the authors of Fake used a video published in Tiktok account And YouTube channel Sphere in January 2024. There was neither the flag of the Russian Federation, nor symbols of other countries. At the same time, the initial video was slowed down. “Verified” compared two videos and came to the same conclusion, since the angle of shooting, street lighting and movement of cars coincide.
In addition, we found the original 10-second fake recording. The original video sequence appeared On the YouTube channel of the Ryan Odom user on September 22, 2023. On the source video on the screens of the Spheres, Emoji was shown, not a Russian tricolor. When creating a fake, they also changed the sunbathing sound.
The primary sources of two viral photos and the remaining 5-second video “Verified” could not be found.
The earliest publication on the demonstration of the flag of the Russian Federation on the “sphere” among those that was able to track “verified” was released on the evening of August 22. So, a post with a 12-second video appeared in the above Telegram channel "Uncle Harry TV»At 19:00 Moscow time, when it was 9 a.m. in Las Vegas. Based on the fact that the video captures the dark time of the day, it turns out that in the American city the celebration was supposed to take place earlier than in Russia, that is, on the night of August 21-22. The other two videos and two pictures, according to our data, were first published at 19:01 Moscow time in the channel "Dear persimmon". According to Description, this blog controls editor -in -chief Russian edition "New. Media»Lara Rzhondovskaya.
Thus, on August 22, a Russian tricolor was not demonstrated at Las Vegas on Las Vegas, which the company owning Arena refuted. In addition, we and our colleagues managed to find the original sources of two videos that served as the basis for fakes. Given that the rest of the materials initially appeared with them in the same publication, there is no reason to consider the remaining photos and videos genuine.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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