{"id":2574,"date":"2024-07-26T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geofacts.ge\/en\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T09:49:44","slug":"a-russian-singer-projected-the-russian-flag-onto-the-u-s-embassy-building-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geofacts.ge\/en\/2024\/07\/26\/a-russian-singer-projected-the-russian-flag-onto-the-u-s-embassy-building-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Russian singer projected the Russian flag onto the U.S. Embassy building in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Facebook user posted<\/a> a video claiming that the Russian flag was displayed on the U.S. Embassy building in Moscow “as part of a cultural exchange”.<\/p>\n

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In reality, Russian citizens themselves projected the flag onto the U.S. Embassy building during a protest concert by SHAMAN, a singer with pro-Kremlin sentiments who supports Russia’s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

On July 19, 2024, the Russian singer wrote<\/a> on his Telegram channel that the U.S. blocked his YouTube channel only because the singer is Russian, so he was preparing for a response action. “No one can ban our songs,” the singer stated in an attached video message and announced a protest concert at the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n

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For information, YouTube and the music platform Spotify have recently blocked<\/a> the channels of SHAMAN and other performers who openly support Russia’s war in Ukraine. These steps followed the decision made by the European Union last month. The decision envisaged<\/a> imposing sanctions on pro-war musicians for performing in occupied Ukraine and “participating in state-funded propaganda events”.<\/p>\n

On the evening of July 19, hundreds of people gathered<\/a> in front of the embassy, chanting pro-Russian slogans and singing SHAMAN’s songs. Additionally, they projected a giant image of the Russian flag onto the U.S. Embassy building, as evidenced by videos posted by concert attendees (links 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The musician came into the spotlight against the background of Russia’s war in Ukraine when the Russian authorities promoted representatives of the cultural sphere to spread their offensive, anti-Western messages in society. The singer is an ardent supporter of Vladimir Putin and has held<\/a> concerts for Russian soldiers in the occupied territories of Ukraine multiple times.<\/p>\n

Thus, the claim that the Russian flag was projected onto the U.S. Embassy building “as part of a cultural exchange” is false.<\/p>\n

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A Facebook user posted a video claiming that the Russian flag was displayed on the U.S. Embassy building in Moscow “as part of a cultural exchange”. In reality, Russian citizens themselves projected the flag onto the U.S. Embassy building during a protest concert by SHAMAN, a singer with pro-Kremlin sentiments who supports Russia’s war in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,70],"tags":[206,209],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verified-facts","category-lie","tag-false-information","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t