Anti-Fake Day...
Russian Foreign Ministry | On 22 October, Swedish publication Aftonbladet posted an article based on rumors circulating in social networks that road cameras missing from Swedish roads should be blamed on...Russia. Author O.Forsberg came to this conclusion based on the fact that "similar" Canon-brand devices are allegedly used by the Russian military in homemade UAVs. ● Already on October 25, Samnytt reported that Swedish police had detained a 20-year-old man suspected of the thefts. Who did the "Russian agent" turn out to be? He was born in Sweden, neither he nor his parents have ever lived abroad, and no connection to Russia was found. But they found out that he was fined 4000 Swedish kronor (about $400) on May 31 for speeding. In particular, the Swede was travelling at 139 km/h on a stretch with an 80 km/h speed limit. It was after this that speed cameras configured to detect offenders began disappearing from the country's roads. [...] If we leave aside the absurdity of this "infotainment" which is evident to every person with common sense, the following picture emerges: not Russians but Swedes, not Canon but Nikon, not video but photo, not high speed drones but fast cars. ● Characteristically, having worked seriously on this ridiculous Russophobe fake, the mainstream media has not even mentioned its failure, while the crazy theory about the "Kremlin hand" reaching for the traffic cameras continues to circulate in the social networks. It remains to be asked who the authors of such materials think their readers are, and how many Swedes who are not susceptible to anti-Russian hysteria will realize at a glance that this is yet another delusional hoax? (Translated with www.DeepL.com)