In May 2025, Russian officials, the media and Telegram channels reported: during a visit to Ukraine, the French president and German Chancellor used drugs in the company of the British Prime Minister. The video allegedly hit Macron, seeing journalists, hides a bag of white powder. We checked the reliability of such publications.
On May 11, Internet users distributed a video that states, French President Emmanuel Macron and his drugs. One of the largest Russian-speaking Telegram channels "Live broadcast”(819,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) said:“ During a return trip from Kyiv, reporters suddenly entered the compartment: [Chancellor of Germany Friedrich] Mertz hid a spoon, Macron - a bag. Twitter is buzzing: some are sure that these are accessories for cocaine, others joke - they say, Macron had a regular handkerchief. Especially discuss his facial expressions. ” In the post, at the same time, a photo of the set for the use of sniffing tobacco was given. The blogger asked about what kind of “package” and “oblong piece” in his Telegram channel Anatoly Shariy (1.1 million views). Authors of other publications directly Approvedthat politicians used drugs. For example, political analyst Sergei Markov first saidthat Macron hid a cure for some secret illness, but then declaredthat it was still cocaine. TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko He said that there was a white powder in the bag.
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was categorical in their words Maria Zakharovawho wrote in her Telegram channel (263,000 views): “The video President of France, the Prime Minister of Britain and the German Chancellor. Having pushed Zelensky to the next hellish intrigue to disrupt the settlement and continuing the bloodshed in Europe, as in a joke, the Frenchman, the Englishman and German got on the train and ... blew. Apparently, so much that they forgot to remove the causals (bag and spoon) before the arrival of journalists. ” RT agency first It wrote: The network has disputes about what Macron and Mertz were hidden. However, then it is the media Published The commentary of the narcologist, who admitted that the president of France could be intoxicated, and shared The post of Margarita Simonyan. “Experts suggest that such a tiny spoon that does not stir tea or jam, is called a snuff-paneumon. This is a spoon for cocaine. And common sense suggests that it is so decisively and scared to hide either cigarettes at the age of 14 from mom, or cocaine at 47 years old from the public, ” - wrote In his Telegram channel, the head of RT (452,000 views).
Similar Russian -speaking posts scored millions of views in Telegram, but such messages diverged in other languages. For example, in social networks x only tweet The American ultra -right conspiracyologist Alex Jones gained more than 20 million views. Among others, he was retweeted by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev (298,000 views), which in English He asked, is there sugar or something else in the package. A similar statement was made by the French politician and leader of the far -right Party Patriots Florian Filippo (430,000 views). Also, that Macron and Merets were suspected of using cocaine. Lenta.ru, "RIA Novosti","Gazeta.ru","Star" 360.ru, newspaper "Sight","Reginum" Radio Sputnik and others.
On the morning of May 10, Merz, Macron and British Prime Minister Kir Starmer Profit By train to Kyiv. There, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined politicians, after which four leaders Meet With Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The main topic of negotiations was the settlement of the war in Ukraine. IN final statement The leaders of the five countries called for a complete ceasefire for 30 days, noting that in case of abandoning this idea, new sanctions are waiting for Russia.
The video distributed captures the Mertz, Macron and Starmer located in the same car (edition "Reginum"It was mistakenly reported that there is also Tusk), which a group of journalists removes. Soon after the president of France and the German Chancellor sat at the table, they hid in their fists a certain white voluminous and small oblong object, respectively. Since the viral video has poor quality, it is difficult to consider these objects in detail.
In the public domain you can find posts of higher quality and removed from other angles. For example, such videos were released by agencies AFP, Associated Press And DPAas well as French television channel TF1. Firstly, according to these media, the videos were shot on the night of May 10 on the way to Kyiv, and not on the return road from the capital of Ukraine, as stated in some posts mentioned at the beginning of the analysis. Secondly, the journalists did not go into the car suddenly, but were already there when Macron and Mertz were met at Starmer's table. “Verified” did not find any posts or notes from the correspondents who who shot the meeting, which would say about drugs, hidden white bags or small spoons.
In the video mentioned above, the white object, which Macron first hid in a fist, and then put it in his pocket, recalls a crumpled napkin. It is difficult to consider an oblong item hidden by the dead.
In addition to the video, journalists shot and several Photos high quality. They can be found, for example, in photo banks AFP and photo agencies Getty images. Having studied these pictures, you can make sure that the French president, indeed, took the used paper cloth from the table. It is noteworthy that some Russian media (for example, Lenta.ru) In their notes about the alleged cocaine with cocaine, such high -quality pictures were given in which a napkin is clearly visible.
On the night of May 12, the Champs Elysees released on social networks X Franco- And English -speaking tweets with a refutation. It said: “When the European unity becomes uncomfortable, misinformation goes so far that it sets a simple napkin for drugs. These fake news are distributed by enemies of France both abroad and within the country. We must maintain vigilance in relation to manipulations. ”
During the preparation of this analysis, most of the mentioned at the beginning of Telegram channels, the media and people reported a refutation from the Eliseis Palace. Someone simply retold Macron's press service-that’s what they did Anatoly Shariy, "RIA Novosti","Star","Gazeta.ru" And "Sight". However, some did it very peculiarly. So, Filippo He retained a refutation and called the enemy of France Macron himself. "Fuck yourself with dignity, and there will be no such disputes!" - noted the politician. Dmitriev He added the tweet of the Champs Elysees as a recess to his previous statements, so most of his subscribers will not see this message. Ostashko He asked the subscribers if they believe in the “napkin” version. Markov He wrote that the refutation allegedly appeared only two days later (however, a little more than a day has passed since the beginning of misinformation) and many will not believe. The others called the statement of the Champs Elysees an attempt to justify themselves - so they did Lenta.ru, "Reginum" And RT. At the same time, some authors were embarrassed that a spoon was not mentioned in the refutation-this was noted by the Telegram channel "Live broadcast" RT And Margarita Simonyan, who wrote: "Silence about the spoon confirms that it was a snuff-senior."
On the Web you can find many versions of the fact that Mertz took in his hand for an oblong object: a toothpick, a spoon for stirring coffee, a knife for letters, a ear stick, etc. “Checked” cannot reliably confirm any of these options, but in form the object most resembles a regular food for eating.
The earliest viral Russian -speaking posts on this subject, which were trained “verified”, appeared on the morning of May 11 (examples in Telegram here, here And here). At the same time, part of them stated that at the time of publication on the network there was already discussions about which objects hid Macron and Mertz. Project "Bota lock" He thinksthat pro -Komrelev resources only enhanced the spread of this misinformation, which, most likely, originally appeared in the franco -speaking segment X. The author Curses The thread with the archives of the tweets that appeared on the evening of May 10.
Thus, there is no convincing evidence that in a viral video Macron is hiding a bag of drugs, and Mertz - a spoon for cocaine. Similar messages are based on a high -quality video. The records and photographs of higher resolution shows that the French president hid a paper cloth, and the German chancellor - an object similar to a meal. Most likely, politicians removed these already used things so that they would not spoil the pictures for press releases.
Photo on the cover: Video screenshot / @Afp (YouTube)
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