The Russian propaganda creates a video of “Immortal Regiment” on Berlin advertising boards

The Russian state-controlled media, telegram channels and bots on the social media platform X circulate a video in which it is claimed to show LED advertising boards at various known places in Berlin, show the portraits of Soviet soldiers who fought in World War II, together with the caption in Russian and German: “80 years later they are back in Berlin.”

This is a production. The video today comes from the Russian propaganda outlet Russia, and Russian bots are spreading a version with the outlet logo on social media.

Ströer, a German marketing company that has one of the LED advertising boards presented in the video, has refused to broadcast such content. In a statement by the Berlin Correspondent of Ukrinform, the company's director of corporate communication, Marc whiz, the film material confirmed with the help of graphic processing tools digital.

“We can say with confidence that this video is not played on our screens,” said Sausen.

He also noticed discrepancies in the vegetation visible near the billboard, which does not match the current conditions in Berlin – further proof that the video was manipulated for propaganda purposes.

About Arena, another venue in the fake video and incorrectly claimed to show the content “Immortal Regiment”, also confirmed that the film material is wrong.

“After an immediate internal review of our content management system, we can confirm the obvious: This is an invented and fake contribution. This content was never displayed on our screens,” said a spokesman for the Uber Arena.

Such an event would not have been allowed in Berlin, since all Soviet and Russian symbols were banned during the memorial events on the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on May 8th and 9th.

Ukrinform facts have previously exposed similar Russian disinformation campaigns that affect the fake of the public service in Central-Berlin.

These recent efforts are part of a broader attempt by Russian propagandists to promote the narrative that the Kremlin policy is supported in Germany.

The Russian propaganda had previously distributed a number of similar counterfeits in Ukraine before May 9.

Andriy Olenin, Olha Tanasiichuk