Blogger Admits Fake Charity for 'Blockade Survivor'
To view this video, please enable JavaScript and consider using a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Video embed code, video link: At some point, Semenov announced a fundraising campaign to purchase an apartment for Lyudmila Viktorovna.
Consensus
- Egor Semenov collected over 6 million rubles in donations under the pretense of helping a 92-year-old blockade survivor.
- The woman he claimed to have met was his grandmother, Ludmila Viktorovna.
- Semenov stated he had discussed the donation plan with his grandmother.
- The grandmother lives in a property that is under bank mortgage.
- The grandmother previously received a state apartment in the 1970s and later bought a new one in 2019.
- The new apartment is registered in the names of two grandchildren, including Semenov.
- Semenov removed posts and videos related to the donation campaign after the truth emerged.
- The administration of Kaliinin District confirmed the apartment history and ownership details.
Points of divergence
- Semenov claims he received over 750,000 rubles in donations, and the donation link remains in his profile bio. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- RT reported that Semenov collected around 600,000 rubles and that the adovokat Maria Merenkovova called it fraud involving a prearranged scheme between the grandmother and grandson. — riamo
- Media reported that Ludmila Viktorovna is registered in a city apartment with her grandson. — tg_holodmedia
Coverage (4 sources)
- Blogger collected money for a blockade survivor, but she turned out to be his own grandmother: what he lied about, how the deception was exposed — Вечерняя Москва
- Blogger Yegor Semenov collected 6.2 million rubles for an apartment for a 92-year-old blockade survivor. Yesterday he admitted that Lyudmila Vikt... — Бумага
- RT: Blogger raised money for his grandmother under the guise of helping a lone blockade survivor — РИАМО
- Touching story about 92-year-old siege survivor, whom blogger Yegor Semenov met by chance in St. Petersburg, turned out to be... — Холод