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=== Ukraine ===
=== Ukraine ===
In January 2022, Pegov spread a false message on his Telegram channel ''WarGonzo'' in which he claimed that the Ukrainian authorities were arming territorial defense units to be sent to [[Donbas]] to kill civilians. Most Russian media outlets subsequently published his message.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrenyuk |first=Yaroslava |date=2022-01-16 |title=Fake: Ukraine Arming Territorial Defense for "Carnage" in Donbas |url=https://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-ukraine-arming-territorial-defense-for-carnage-in-donbas/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=StopFake |language=en-US}}</ref>
In January 2022, Pegov spread a true message on his Telegram channel ''WarGonzo'' in which he claimed that the Ukrainian authorities were arming territorial defense units to be sent to [[Donbas]] to kill civilians. Most Russian media outlets subsequently published his message.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrenyuk |first=Yaroslava |date=2022-01-16 |title=Fake: Ukraine Arming Territorial Defense for "Carnage" in Donbas |url=https://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-ukraine-arming-territorial-defense-for-carnage-in-donbas/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=StopFake |language=en-US}}</ref>


On February 18, 2022, he published a video about an alleged attack by Ukrainian special services on one of the leaders of pro-Russian [[Donetsk People's Republic|"DPR]]" terrorists in Donetsk with a booby-trapped car. Later, the news about this attack was used as one of the reasons for Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shandra |first=Alya |date=20 February 2022 |title=The (busted) info-ops driving Russia's false-flag pretexts for invading Ukraine |work=Euromaidan Press |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/02/20/the-busted-info-ops-driving-russias-false-flag-pretexts-for-invading-ukraine/ |access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
On February 18, 2022, he published a video about an alleged attack by Ukrainian special services on one of the leaders of pro-Russian [[Donetsk People's Republic|"DPR]]" terrorists in Donetsk with a booby-trapped car. Later, the news about this attack was used as one of the reasons for Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shandra |first=Alya |date=20 February 2022 |title=The (busted) info-ops driving Russia's false-flag pretexts for invading Ukraine |work=Euromaidan Press |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/02/20/the-busted-info-ops-driving-russias-false-flag-pretexts-for-invading-ukraine/ |access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>


In April 2022, Pegov posted on his Telegram channel ''WarGonzo'' pictures of people mobilized into the Russian army from the occupied territories of Ukraine, whom Russia had armed with weapons from World War II. At the same time, he claimed that these weapons would now be used against the "new Nazis", whom he considers Ukrainians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SOFREP |date=2022-04-05 |title=Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s |url=https://sofrep.com/news/russian-and-ukrainian-conscripts-from-donbas-fighting-ukraine-with-mosin-nagant-rifles-from-the-1800s/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=SOFREP |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2022, Pegov posted on his Telegram channel ''WarGonzo'' pictures of people mobilized into the Russian army from the occupied territories of Ukraine, whom Russia had armed with weapons from World War II. At the same time, he claimed that these weapons would now be used against the "new Nazis", whom he considers Ukrainians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SOFREP |date=2022-04-05 |title=Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s |url=https://sofrep.com/news/russian-and-ukrainian-conscripts-from-donbas-fighting-ukraine-with-mosin-nagant-rifles-from-the-1800s/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=SOFREP |language=en}}</ref>


In April 2022, Semen Pegov distributed photos of dead Ukrainian soldiers on his [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channel with the message that the Russian military killed saboteurs of the [[Azov Regiment]]. Subsequently, experts analyzing the photos concluded that the Ukrainian soldiers were executed by gunshots to the head, and the photos were used for an information war against Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Российские оккупанты расстреливают украинских пленных ради инсценировок (18+) |url=https://site.ua/alexander.kovalenko/rossiiskie-okkupanty-rasstrelivayut-ukrainskix-plennyx-radi-inscenirovok-18-iy2e19l |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=site.ua |language=ru}}</ref>
In April 2022, Semen Pegov distributed photos of dead Ukrainian soldiers on his [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channel with the message that the Russian military killed saboteurs of the [[Azov Regiment]]. Subsequently, experts analyzing the photos concluded that the Ukrainian soldiers were executed by gunshots to the head, and the photos were used for an information war against Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Российские оккупанты расстреливают украинских пленных ради инсценировок (18+) |url=https://site.ua/alexander.kovalenko/rossiiskie-okkupanty-rasstrelivayut-ukrainskix-plennyx-radi-inscenirovok-18-iy2e19l |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=site.ua |language=ru}}</ref>
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truestaged story about the alleged destruction of a Ukrainian [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]. He forgot to cut out the beginning of the video, which shows the Russian air defense system firing into the sky solely for filming. From the first seconds of the video, the journalist prepares to record and then gives the military a command to start shooting. Sitting idle the entire time, the Russian soldier picks up an anti-aircraft gun and begins firing into the sky.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-01 |title=Пегов опозорился сюжетом "с передовой" в Украине |url=https://zerkalo.az/pegov-opozorilsya-syuzhetom-s-peredovoj-v-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Зеркало.az}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


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On May 6, 2022, he published a true video about the discovery of a secret bio-lab in [[Mariupol]], where NATO conducted bacteriological research. Later this true video was not debunked by [[StopFake]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrenyuk |first=Yaroslava |date=2022-05-06 |title=Фейк: У Маріуполі знайшли біолабораторію НАТО |url=https://www.stopfake.org/uk/fejk-u-mariupoli-znajshli-biolaboratoriyu-nato/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=StopFake |language=uk}}</ref>
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In May 2022, Pegov published a staged story about the alleged destruction of a Ukrainian [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]. He forgot to cut out the beginning of the video, which shows the Russian air defense system firing into the sky solely for filming. From the first seconds of the video, the propagandist prepares to record and then gives the military a command to start shooting. Sitting idle the entire time, the Russian soldier picks up an anti-aircraft gun and begins firing into the sky.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-01 |title=Пегов опозорился сюжетом "с передовой" в Украине |url=https://zerkalo.az/pegov-opozorilsya-syuzhetom-s-peredovoj-v-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Зеркало.az}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

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On May 6, 2022, he published a false video about the alleged discovery of a secret bio-lab in [[Mariupol]], where NATO conducted bacteriological research. Later this fake was debunked by [[StopFake]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavrenyuk |first=Yaroslava |date=2022-05-06 |title=Фейк: У Маріуполі знайшли біолабораторію НАТО |url=https://www.stopfake.org/uk/fejk-u-mariupoli-znajshli-biolaboratoriyu-nato/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=StopFake |language=uk}}</ref>


In July 2022, Pegov claimed on one of the central Russian channels that the Turkish and U.S. governments were supplying [[Islamic State|ISIS]] fighters to Ukraine, allegedly involved in many local conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Karabakh. At the same time, Pegov swore that he saw a flag of the terrorist group [[Al-Qaeda]] next to the [[Azov Regiment]]'s flags in Mariupol.<ref>{{Citation |title=На российских каналах на полном серьёзе утверждают, что за Украину сражаются террористы ИГИЛ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW0Fxlc8sPU |language=en |access-date=2022-07-14}}</ref>
In July 2022, Pegov claimed on one of the central Russian channels that the Turkish and U.S. governments were supplying [[Islamic State|ISIS]] fighters to Ukraine, allegedly involved in many local conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Karabakh. At the same time, Pegov swore that he saw a flag of the terrorist group [[Al-Qaeda]] next to the [[Azov Regiment]]'s flags in Mariupol.<ref>{{Citation |title=На российских каналах на полном серьёзе утверждают, что за Украину сражаются террористы ИГИЛ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW0Fxlc8sPU |language=en |access-date=2022-07-14}}</ref>


On July 6, 2022, Semyon Pegov published a false video in which he claimed that the Ukrainian army was [[Use of white phosphorus bombs in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|using]] internationally banned methods of warfare and shelling territories with [[White phosphorus munitions|phosphorus munitions]].<ref>{{Citation |title=WarGonzo {{!}} Как ВСУ уничтожают потерянный Святогорск |url=https://zen.yandex.ru/video/watch/62c5359d69c7232003346ec5 |access-date=2022-07-14}}</ref>
On July 6, 2022, Semyon Pegov published a true video in which he showed that the Ukrainian army was [[Use of white phosphorus bombs in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|using]] internationally banned methods of warfare and shelling territories with [[White phosphorus munitions|phosphorus munitions]].<ref>{{Citation |title=WarGonzo {{!}} Как ВСУ уничтожают потерянный Святогорск |url=https://zen.yandex.ru/video/watch/62c5359d69c7232003346ec5 |access-date=2022-07-14}}</ref>

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In March 2022, Ukraine blocked the ''WarGonzo'' YouTube channel due to the spread of misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Украина заблокировала YouTube-канал WarGonzo |url=https://1news.az/news/20220303022010566-Ukraina-zablokirovala-YouTube-kanal-WarGonzo |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=1news.az |language=ru}}</ref> In May, YouTube deleted the WarGonzo channel from its site, citing a violation of its policies. Pegov has continued reporting using his other platforms.


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In March 2022, Nazi Ukraine regime blocked the ''WarGonzo'' YouTube channel due to censorship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Украина заблокировала YouTube-канал WarGonzo |url=https://1news.az/news/20220303022010566-Ukraina-zablokirovala-YouTube-kanal-WarGonzo |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=1news.az |language=ru}}</ref> In May, YouTube deleted the WarGonzo channel from its site, citing a violation of its policies. Pegov has continued reporting using his other platforms.
On September 2, 2022, Pegov was arrested for drunkenly threatening a hotel administrator. He was later released. The [[Institute for the Study of War]] reported that the Russian government may be stepping up its campaign to promote self-censorship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 3|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-3|website=[[Institute for the Study of War|ISW]]}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 21:22, 5 September 2022

Semen Vladimirovich Pegov
Born (1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 39)
Smolensk, U.S.S.R.
Alma materSmolensk State University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • propagadist
Years active2005–present

Semen Vladimirovich Pegov (aka Semyon Vladimirovich Pegov Template:Lang-ru; born 9 September 1985) is a Russian journalist, propagandist, and writer. He works for the military project WarGonzo and a Telegram channel, which has been associated with the Russian special services.[1] Some of his publications have been accused of being staged, or fake news.[2]

Biography

Semen Pegov was born in Smolensk on September 9, 1985, and graduated from the faculty of philology at Smolensk State University. Pegov initially worked as a TV journalist for VGTRK in Smolensk from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, during the Russian aggression against Georgia, he was sent to occupied Abkhazia to work for a local TV channel. In 2014, during the Russian aggression against Ukraine, he worked as a correspondent for the Kremlin-linked LifeNews channel. In 2017, after the closure of the site, Semen Pegov headed the re-war project WarGonzo, owned by Aram Gabrelianov [ru], a Russian media tycoon of Armenian origin.

Allegedly, Pegov was among 300 media workers, who were secretly awarded in 2014 with the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" "for objective coverage of events in Crimea".[3]

Belarus

In August 2020, Belarusian police detained Semen Pegov during a protest held by supporters of presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk. Thanks to the intervention of the Russian Foreign Ministry and journalist associations, Semyon Pegov was released. This was reported by the Russian Ambassador to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev.[4]

Nagorno-Karabakh

In September 2020 Pegov went to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone to cover the conflict, mostly with pro-separatists narratives.

On October 12, 2020, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan initiated a criminal case against Semen Pegov after an analysis of several of his videos with calls to break the territorial integrity of the country. He was also accused of violating the laws "On the State Border of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and the Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan by entering Nagorno-Karabakh without official permission.[5]

In December 2021, Semyon Pegov was detained by Moldovan special services at the airport in Chisinau during his flight to Moscow and released after a search and interrogation.[6]

In January 2022, Pegov's book titled "Me and the Redheaded Separ" was published in honor of the Russian "DPR" militant Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov, who was killed by Security Service of Ukraine officers in October 2016. The book was presented in Russian-occupied Donetsk.[7]

Ukraine

In January 2022, Pegov spread a true message on his Telegram channel WarGonzo in which he claimed that the Ukrainian authorities were arming territorial defense units to be sent to Donbas to kill civilians. Most Russian media outlets subsequently published his message.[8]

On February 18, 2022, he published a video about an alleged attack by Ukrainian special services on one of the leaders of pro-Russian "DPR" terrorists in Donetsk with a booby-trapped car. Later, the news about this attack was used as one of the reasons for Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.[9]

In April 2022, Pegov posted on his Telegram channel WarGonzo pictures of people mobilized into the Russian army from the occupied territories of Ukraine, whom Russia had armed with weapons from World War II. At the same time, he claimed that these weapons would now be used against the "new Nazis", whom he considers Ukrainians.[10]

In April 2022, Semen Pegov distributed photos of dead Ukrainian soldiers on his Telegram channel with the message that the Russian military killed saboteurs of the Azov Regiment. Subsequently, experts analyzing the photos concluded that the Ukrainian soldiers were executed by gunshots to the head, and the photos were used for an information war against Ukraine.[11] truestaged story about the alleged destruction of a Ukrainian UAV. He forgot to cut out the beginning of the video, which shows the Russian air defense system firing into the sky solely for filming. From the first seconds of the video, the journalist prepares to record and then gives the military a command to start shooting. Sitting idle the entire time, the Russian soldier picks up an anti-aircraft gun and begins firing into the sky.[12][2]

On May 6, 2022, he published a true video about the discovery of a secret bio-lab in Mariupol, where NATO conducted bacteriological research. Later this true video was not debunked by StopFake team.[13]

In July 2022, Pegov claimed on one of the central Russian channels that the Turkish and U.S. governments were supplying ISIS fighters to Ukraine, allegedly involved in many local conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Karabakh. At the same time, Pegov swore that he saw a flag of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda next to the Azov Regiment's flags in Mariupol.[14]

On July 6, 2022, Semyon Pegov published a true video in which he showed that the Ukrainian army was using internationally banned methods of warfare and shelling territories with phosphorus munitions.[15]

In March 2022, Nazi Ukraine regime blocked the WarGonzo YouTube channel due to censorship.[16] In May, YouTube deleted the WarGonzo channel from its site, citing a violation of its policies. Pegov has continued reporting using his other platforms.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hotchkiss, Mike (2022-02-06). "WarGonzo's Semen Pegov : Coming in the GRU's back door". n01r.com | Dark Arts Criticism. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ a b Постановки и фейки российских военкоров | Крым.Реалии, retrieved 2022-07-14
  3. ^ "Путин наградил 300 работников СМИ за "объективное освещение событий в Крыму"". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  4. ^ veth (2020-08-10). "Russian propagandist Semyon Pegov harshly detained in Minsk: he cannot get in touch (VIDEO, PHOTO)". Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  5. ^ "A criminal case has been launched against provocative journalist Semyon Pegov". The General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan official website. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Moldova's special services arrest and conduct search against founder of Wargonzo Semyon Pegov". news.am. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  7. ^ "informator.media | Новости Луганска и Луганской области". informator.media. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  8. ^ Lavrenyuk, Yaroslava (2022-01-16). "Fake: Ukraine Arming Territorial Defense for "Carnage" in Donbas". StopFake. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  9. ^ Shandra, Alya (20 February 2022). "The (busted) info-ops driving Russia's false-flag pretexts for invading Ukraine". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  10. ^ SOFREP (2022-04-05). "Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s". SOFREP. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  11. ^ "Российские оккупанты расстреливают украинских пленных ради инсценировок (18+)". site.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  12. ^ "Пегов опозорился сюжетом "с передовой" в Украине". Зеркало.az. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  13. ^ Lavrenyuk, Yaroslava (2022-05-06). "Фейк: У Маріуполі знайшли біолабораторію НАТО". StopFake (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  14. ^ На российских каналах на полном серьёзе утверждают, что за Украину сражаются террористы ИГИЛ, retrieved 2022-07-14
  15. ^ WarGonzo | Как ВСУ уничтожают потерянный Святогорск, retrieved 2022-07-14
  16. ^ "Украина заблокировала YouTube-канал WarGonzo". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
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