Fake Russian Story about Women Allegedly Apologizing to Offender Migrants

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On February 7, 2018, an online edition Georgia and the World released an  article titled “Sorry, Mustafa,” according to which European women launched a flashmob #sorry to apologize to migrants for their depraved behavior. Geworld.ge quotes Brita Borg who, according to the online edition, has organized the flashmob. The article is accompanied by a photo of a woman holding a sign that says “Sorry Mustafa.”

The photo released by Georgia and the World is manipulative, because an original photo depicts a Ukrainian woman holding a sign that says “Cold? Think about those who are sleeping in the trenches” and not “Sorry, Mustafa!” The #sorry flashmob cannot be searched for in social networks.

1. Searches of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram turned up nothing like the #sorry flashmob.

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2. Brita Borg was a Swedish singer who died in 2010.

Brita Borg who has reportedly organized the flashmob was a Swedish singer who died in 2010. Stopfake.org also rechecked information about Brita Borg and ascertained that “Google searches reveal nothing about the flashmob or Brita Borg.”

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3. The photo was actually taken in 2014 as part of the campaign related to Ukrainian soldiers.

The identity of a woman depicted in the image was verified by TV Rain via findface.ru, a website that lets users search for members of the Russian social networks by uploading a photograph. According to TV Rain, the photo was taken in Ukraine in 2014 and it depicts a Ukrainian woman who participated in awareness-raising campaign aimed at attracting attention to the condition of Ukrainian soldiers. In the original image, a woman is holding a sign that reads “Cold? Think about those who are sleeping in the trenches.” The campaign participants were collecting warm clothes for Ukrainian soldiers.

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4. Flashmob #sorry has been invented by Russian media

Information about European women’s #sorry flashmob first appeared in Russian media and social networks in early February, 2018. The fake story containing photo manipulation was posted by a number of Russian news agencies, among them 360tv.ru, Новые Известия, panorama.pub,e-news.su and others. Online edition e-news.su has the following slogan: “Save Donbass People from Kiev Nazi Army.”

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