Did a former Russian military advisor betray Maduro? Can this even catch a fish?
After Maduro was kidnapped by the US military, all sorts of false news spread everywhere.
Recently, many netizens have seen a message like this, which roughly says that Trump admitted and commended a former Russian military advisor named Vyacheslav Balanikov, stating that it was this person who sold the whereabouts of Maduro to the United States, so the US kidnapping operation could be so smooth.
According to the online rumor, Balanikov was a senior member of the Russian military advisory group in Venezuela, holding the rank of colonel, mainly responsible for coordinating the Su-30 squadrons and air defense systems of Venezuela. He betrayed Maduro because he was "angry at Moscow's corruption," and sold the intelligence of Maduro for just one dollar to the United States.
Many people took this message as true.
But in fact, this seemingly detailed story is actually a fabricated fishing post by some netizens.
Indeed, there is a person named Vyacheslav Balanikov, but he is not a Russian colonel, but the director and chief designer of the game "War Thunder."
Due to dissatisfaction with the game's operational mechanism and design, some netizens often use the name Balanikov to create fishing jokes. For example, a few days ago, there was a so-called "Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel Vyacheslav Balanikov flying a Su-30 aircraft defecting to Japan" rumor on the Internet, but in fact, there was no such thing at all.
The US captured the President of Venezuela
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853467582702668/
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