In November 2024, reports appeared on the Internet that the President of Ukraine allegedly bought an elite hotel at a ski resort in France. We checked the reliability of such publications.
November 29 Telegram channels and users of social networks began to share news: “Film Heritage Inc., registered in Belize and owned by Zelensky, acquired a five -star hotel Palace des Neigs, located in the most prestigious part of the Kurchevel ski resort.” According to this posts, the transaction value amounted to € 88 million. According to the TGSTAT service, in a few days this news scored about 2.5 million views in the Russian -speaking Telegram. Such channels shared such as "Sanya in Florida"(501,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Putin in Telegram"(184 000),"Observer"(173 000),"Kirill Fedorov"(122 000),"Mordor's voice"(120 000) and others. State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov He added: “Apparently, the US puppet, the drug addict and Elgabatheshnik Zel are preparing a reliable refuge when Russia will defeat their satanic den.” Similar posts also appeared in Russian -speaking Media, social networks X, Tiktok, Instagram And Facebook.
About the Beliz company Film Heritage Inc. It became widely known In 2021, when the consortium of journalists from more than 100 countries investigated the Pandora dossier - a leak of 12 million documents. They had data on the owners of offshore companies from different countries, including this company, whose final beneficiary was the first lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya (her husband I went out Of the owners in 2019, when he won the election). Since then the company several times Mentioned including Fake Investigations on the expensive transactions of Zelensky with real estate.
In the posts of buying the hotel, the source of the news is indicated - the French edition of Les Echos de la France ("Echo of France" - fr.). Indeed, November 28, 2024 appeared on his site article With the heading "Zelensky, I bought a hotel at the Kuroshel ski resort." The text states that the purchase was made through Film Heritage, and a video is given, shot, judging by the logo with the abbreviation EF, the same publication. In the video, a man with a microphone in his hand stands on the background of the hotel and speaks in French: “Now I am in front of the luxurious Palace des Neigs hotel.” He further says that a month ago the hotel was sold to the new owner - the Ukrainian president - and passes the word to the presenter in the studio. He replies: “Thank you, Francois” - and continues to talk about an allegedly completed deal.
In the text of the article Dana link On the website of the hotel complex, allegedly purchased by Zelensky. At the time of writing this analysis, the resource is already unavailable, but in the Internet Archive service it has been preserved copy For November 29. The authenticity of the site is in doubt. Firstly, all internal links to it led to page With the text "Television mode. The site will be available in the near future. " Secondly, according to the Whois service, the Hotelpalacedesneiges.com domain name was registered on November 22, 2024, a few days before the news we analyzed on the Internet. Finally, thirdly, the hotel has an original site, registered Back in 2007, at another address: Palacedesneiges.com.
“Verified” failed to find references to buying a hotel Zelensky in authoritative international media. But statement The Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, which acquired this hotel complex in October 2023, issued the corporation on this subject. Company She saidWhat plans to reconstruct the hotel soon and hopes to open it at the end of 2026, and the information about the purchase of Palace des Neige by the Ukrainian president is Fake.
The site of the portal Les Echos de la France also does not cause confidence. His domain name leshechosdlavhafrance.fr testify WHOIS data was registered on November 25, 2024 - three days before the publication of the news about Zelensky. Some others Articles The portal exactly copy the text publications French media. In addition, there is no information about this project, its employees and contacts on the Les Echos de La France, as well as links to its social networks accounts. The name of the news portal resembles the real French media Les Echos, Which, apparently, was done in order to confuse readers.
As for the correspondents from the video published in the fake article on Zelensky, “verified” could not establish their individuals. Judging by Google Street View, a journalist with a microphone really stands in front of the Palace des Neigs hotel. But a fragment with the participation of the host was most likely imposed on a publicly available Sachshell, imitating the news studio (it was published by the YouTube channel from Indonesia in 2022).
In Runet, information on the purchase of the hotel Zelensky began to be distributed on November 29, when several users of the X network Published Translation of Franco and English-speaking tweets. In Russian -language Telegram, the news gained popularity after the publication of the channel "Mordor's voice"December 2 at 13:00 Moscow time.
This is not the first time such a scheme for creating fakes is used within the framework of anti -Ukrainian propaganda to spread false stories about how the Ukrainian president is buying up luxury real estate. "Checked" already Disassembled Fakes about how Zelensky allegedly acquired the villa of Joseph Goebbels in Germany, the mansion of Charles III in the UK, the Wingel of Sting in Italy, the casino in Northern Cyprus and other objects. In some cases, the creators of fakes resorted to the same method: first, a site was created that mimicating under the European or American media, and fake video was already published there. A similar approach was used to discredit other politicians: for example, "verified" Disassembled A fabricated interview with a girl, who was allegedly shot down by US Vice President Kamal Harris. The corresponding video was published on the fake website of the non -existent American media.
Thus, there is no confirmation that Vladimir Zelensky acquired the Palace des Neigs Hotel in Curshell. The site of the French media, on which the original article appeared, was created a few days before the publication of the fake - however, like the fake site of the hotel. Monte-Carlo SBM, which acquired a hotel in 2023, also refuted this news.
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