Russian propaganda has planted a deepfake in which NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov allegedly takes responsibility for organizing the terrorist attack in Crocus.

The fake was spread through the TG channel “Pool No. 3” and a number of other channels (TV channel “Zvezda”, etc.), and then shown on NTV.

In fact, Danilov did not speak at the Ukrainian telethon that day; his speech was generated by a neural network, and the video was taken from one of the previous broadcasts.

On the evening of March 22, other presenters worked on the air of the Ukrainian telethon, and Danilov was not a guest there, Meduza notes.

Part of the video with the TV presenters was clearly taken from the broadcast on March 16; their interlocutor was the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov.

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