At the end of January 2025, the screenshot of the post, which allegedly published on the social network of the X politician from the Czech Republic, spread in Russian -speaking social networks and media. We checked the reliability of these publications.
The post on the viral screenshot says: “The EU has expanded the sanctions against Russia today. We will not loosen the grip. Russia wages a hybrid war with the West and destroys Ukrainians. While we recall the victims of the Holocaust and become witnesses to the genocide of the Ukrainian people, Russia today celebrates the anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from the blockade during the Second World War. Although they should not celebrate, and you should survive it again. The sanctions should be even stricter. Cross your fingers! " The date of the post in the screenshot is not reflected, however, judging by the mention of the day of removal of the blockade of Leningrad and the day of memory of the victims of the Holocaust, it was supposed to be published on January 27, 2025.
At first, the screenshot distributed to the anonymous Telegram channels, but later the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation spoke about the alleged statement by Nemtsova Dmitry Medvedev (1.1 million views at the time of writing this analysis), the head of the State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs and the chairman of the LDPR Leonid Slutsky (378 000), TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov (225,000) and other Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov declaredthat Nemtsova insulted millions of Petersburgers, and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation promised Give a legal assessment to the statements of the Czech politician. Notes on this subject were published in RBC, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Lenta.ru, "Arguments and facts","Vedomosti"And other Russian publications.
On January 27, 2025, the European Union did not expand sanctions against Russia. That day the EU Council made a decision extend the already introduced restrictions for six months, as well as Black list Three alleged Russian intelligence officers involved, according to Brussels, in Kiberatak on Estonia five years ago. On the same day, two important commemorative dates related to the Second World War were celebrated: International Day of Memory of Holocaust Victims (He is timed to the day of the liberation of the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Aushvitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops) and The day of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade. Traditionally, the first date is more widely celebrated in Europe, and the second in Russia. Nevertheless, before the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, a delegation from Western countries regularly Visited memorable events in St. Petersburg, and Russian officials, in turn, Participated In commemorative events in Auschwitz. In recent years, the situation has changed: representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry refuse to come to international events in a former concentration camp, Referring On the “distortion of history” in Poland and other states, and are limited to holding their own memorable shares. On behalf of European countries, flowers to memorials victims of the blockade Late Diplomats working in Russia.
The Czech Republic during this period has become one of the most implacable in relation to Russia of the European Union. Local politicians initiated or introduced restrictions harsh even by European standards even by European standards: Offered limit the movement of Russian diplomats in the EU, Stopped Issue visas to Russians, Forbidden entry into the Czech Republic of Russian citizens who do not have biometric passports and Accepted A law that actually prohibits the Russians to receive Czech citizenship.
Senator Miroslava Nemtsov Repeatedly spoke about Russia and Russian politics On your page In H. However, among her posts “verified” it was not possible to find the one that is captured in a huddled screenshot. It can be assumed that the politician removed the tweet, frightened by a public reaction, but other, no less sharp and ambiguous posts are still available on the blog. For example, after the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in March 2024, Nemtsova I wrote:
“If the Russian terrorist regime in Ukraine
- He did not kill and did not injure hundreds of thousands of people,
- did not commit massacres in Mariupol, buch,
- did not steal tens of thousands of children,
- did not destroy cultural values and nature,I would perceive the tragedy in Moscow differently. But I sympathize with Ukraine, which Russia has been attacking this way every day for two years. ”
At the time of writing this parsing, the post about Crocus scored 59,000 views and more than 200 reforms. It can be assumed that the publication with the wish of the Russians once again survive the blockade of Leningrad would cause a comparable reaction of subscribers. In this case, there would be traces of this tweet: in X, when the post is deleted, the comments associated with it do not disappear, they can be found using expanded search. However, “verified” not discovered Reapels left on January 27 under any remote post by Nemtsova. The senator itself (by the way, also in the reflax in X) denieswhat a tweet wrote about the blockade, and claimsthat this is a fake.
You can create a convincing falsification of fasting in X in a regular browser. Built -in tools allow you to change the text of the real tweet that the user opened through the page code. Next, it remains only to take a screenshot. At the same time, in a changed form, the post will only be available to its creator before the page update - the original tweet for all other readers will remain the same.
The argument, in favor of the fact that the viral screenshot of Tvita Nemtsova was created in this way (and not published in reality and subsequently deleted), the length of the text, which is attributed to the Czech Senator. The post consists of 373 signs, while Nemtsov, judging by the absence of a special symbol near the userneum, uses ordinary, and not premium account X. For such ordinary users, the length of the post in this social network is limited to 280 characters (including gaps), so in reality the senator could not publish this text.
At the same time, restrictions X do not act on the browser’s tools: with their help you can change the page code and create a post with a text of any length.
And finally, another certificate indicating falsification: in absolutely all viral posts, the same screenshot is used. Also, in the publications, “verified” did not find a link to either the post itself (even removed), and even more so to his sintering version, which would refute Nemtsova’s words about fake. This state of affairs is extremely unlikely if the tweet really existed and would cause any noticeable reaction in the Czech society and beyond.
The first post with a screenshot was published by the Telegram channel "Odessa Za Victory!"January 27, 2025 at 17:59 Moscow time (at the same time, the screenshot was not at all immediately - its active distribution began only on January 29). Previously "verified" already Disassembled The fake, which this channel launched to commemorative events on January 27: supposedly the main rabbi of Poland condemned the participation of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the ceremony by the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. And this is not the first time that "Odessa Za Victory!" gets In ours analysis.
Thus, the attributed to Nemtsova tweet, judging by the available data, was falsified, and the spread of the corresponding screenshot began with an anonymous pro-Russian Telegram channel, which was already repeatedly seen in the publication of false information.
Photo on the cover: Official website Miroslava Nemtsova
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