Man fined for fake post to boost Max channel

A man from Ufa was fined 30,000 rubles for publishing a fake photo of a destroyed house in Magnitogorsk and linking it to a Max channel called 'Ufa Now' to boost subscriptions.

Consensus

• The man was fined 30,000 roubles.
• The man owned a VK public page named 'Exchange cars, Ufa auto market, Bashkortostan'.
• He posted a photo of a destroyed house on the page.
• He added a link to a Max channel called 'Ufa Now'.
• The photo depicted a house in Magnitogorsk.
• The house in the photo was involved in a gas explosion in 2018, according to official records.
• The post was described as 'shocking' and intended to increase subscriptions to the Max channel.
• The information in the post was deemed knowingly false.

Points of divergence

• The man is described as a 'man' without a name provided. — tvrain
• The man's name is Rustom Akmalov. — tg_tvrain

Coverage (2 sources)

• Why was a man fined for advertising a channel on Max? — Дождь
• Man in Ufa fined for attempting to attract subscribers in Max using a fake photo of a destroyed house — Дождь (Telegram)

Key entities

• Ufa
• Max
• VKontakte
• Max
• Ufa, Bashkortostan
• Max «Ufa Now»
• Magnitogorsk
• Verstki
• Rustama Akmalova

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