{"id":31862,"date":"2022-02-27T19:21:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=31862"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T11:30:12","slug":"the-%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b8-army-of-russia-poster-was-hung-and-quickly-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2022\/02\/27\/31862\/","title":{"rendered":"The “\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0438\u044f \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438” (Army of Russia) Poster Was Hung And Quickly Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a poster with the text “\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0438\u044f \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438” (Army of Russia) hanging from the Kievyan bridge in Yerevan was spread on social networks today. Many users expressed the opinion that it was fake. Media.am checked the authenticity of the image.<\/span><\/p>\n

The image was suspicious<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On February 27, a 3-second video began to spread on social networks, in which a huge poster with the words “Army of Russia” hung from the Kievyan bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

The image was temporarily spread by Re: public of Artsakh and \u0410\u0440\u043c\u044f\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0432\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0435\u0442\u0442\u0430 Telegram channels. Later it appeared on <\/span>Yerevan.Today<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Blognews<\/span><\/a> and other news sites, as well as on <\/span>mushroom websites<\/span><\/a>. In addition, the photo was spread by Azerbaijani pages and <\/span>Russian state media<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the residents of Halabyan Street sent a photo of the bridge to Media.am at 11:40 in the morning, on which no poster could be seen. In addition, many social media users started <\/span>posting<\/span><\/a> photos and videos of the bridge with no posters on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the large size of the poster and, consequently, the visibility from different points, only one short video was spread on social networks. Many users assumed that it was fake, and in a conversation with Media.am, several experts in the field of photography, vision, and design at once expressed the opinion that the image could be fabricated. Indeed, it is possible that the image could have been edited and improved, but the action of hanging a poster from the Kievyan bridge was real.<\/span><\/p>\n

The poster is visible on security cameras<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The poster can be seen from security camera footage of the spot. The action was carried out early in the morning and lasted for 9 minutes, from 8:16 in the morning until 8:25.<\/span><\/p>\n