At the end of September 2024, a video diverged in social networks where a man throws a column from which the Russian anthem plays. The description claims that this is a refugee in Kursk. We decided to check if this is true.

The 43-second video captures a certain solemn event: the audience remains behind the scenes, but the presenter with the microphone, standing near the monument, is visible. The anthem of Russia plays from the column, but suddenly one of those present grabs it and throws it to the ground. After that, the man is taken away by the police, and the choir of the votes behind the scenes continues to perform the anthem and the chapel. With the signature “In Kursk, refugees do not want to listen to the anthem of Russia” (author's spelling preserved) This video Published In the social network, the X blogger under the nickname Kokoshenkov, his tweet gained more than 260,000 views. The video was also distributed Facebook users And some Telegram channels.

Viral video. Source: social networks

The video has a water sign of the publication lenta.ru, but recently not on sitenor in social networks this Russian Media Such news did not come out. If you enter the keywords of the “Column” and “Anthem of Russia” into the search for the portal, you can really find news With the heading of "the Russian dropped the column, which was broadcasting the anthem and became a defendant in a criminal case." However, it was published on August 23, 2022, and the incident did not occur at all in Kursk, but in Podolsk near Moscow during the celebration of the State Flag of the Russian Federation the day before. Note on the website lenta.ru is accompanied by the same video.

Then, in August 2022, other federal and regional Russian media wrote about this incident: ""RIA Novosti","Komsomolskaya Truth","Arguments and facts","Lead the suburbs”And others that the hero’s hero was a refugee from the border Russian regions, from Ukraine or another country, is not said in these notes.

The earliest publication of the video that managed to find “verified” and which contains a signature on the refugee in Kursk, - fast Blogger with Nick Kokoshenkov in the social network X, located on September 23, 2024 at 09:20 Moscow time. The user's nickname refers to the name of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkova, and the description of the account says: "I hang noodles on the ears with stupid Russian people." It could be assumed that the blogger specializes in satirical news, however, it was not “tested” by the corresponding disclaimers, while the content of the profile is not humorous.

Thus, the video extends with the wrong signature: it has nothing to do with refugees or Kursk, and the incident itself occurred more than two years ago. Apparently, the first video was published with false comments by the user of the social network X, which sequentially promoting the anti -Russian position. It can be assumed that he deliberately supplied the video with a fictional description.

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