{"id":3199,"date":"2019-01-11T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2019\/01\/11\/activist-erect-billboards-under-russian-gru-guise\/"},"modified":"2019-01-11T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:16:08","slug":"activist-erect-billboards-under-russian-gru-guise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/activist-erect-billboards-under-russian-gru-guise\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist erect billboards under Russian GRU guise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of activists disguised as Russian GRU agents are responsible for a series of satirical billboards throughout Manchester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The spoof propaganda first appeared in London in November&nbsp;but now billboards with satirical messages have appeared all over Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/albumizr.com\/a\/YIop\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The billboards sprung up overnight on the eve of the Brexit vote this week&nbsp;and could be found at Great Ancoats Street, Chancellor Lane and New Bury Road.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map showing where billboards were found\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"4196\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/billboards_map.png\" title=\"Map showing where billboards were found\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Map shows where the billboards can be found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A website under the title of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/proudbear.ru\/\">Proud Bear<\/a> suggests the billboards were an attempt to sway MPs to vote for a no deal outcome for Brexit. The website says its aim is to&nbsp;\u2018help people of England make freedom from the European Union and democracy voting\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s supposed leader, named as Colonel Alexander F. Titov, said: \u201cBrexit was historic win for GRU and Russia-Britain friendship. Now we bring billboard campaign to mighty Manchester! We want that posters make MPs remember Russia is true friend of England, no EU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the aims of the&nbsp;campaign, Titov told the Northern Quota: \u201cWe want for United England to leave EU so your nation and ours can be free of Brussels diktat over so-called &#8216;human rights&#8217;. &#8220;Be free to be free&#8221; as we say in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/albumizr.com\/a\/yhBX\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Inside the source code of their website&nbsp;a message in Russian describes the true aims of the Proud Bear campaign. 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Attempts to increase tension on the subject of immigration were common, with similarities to the polarising tactics employed during the 2016 US presidential campaign, which many believe was influenced by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about what was next for Proud Bear,&nbsp;Titov simply said: \u201cOur campaign will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of activists disguised as Russian GRU agents have claimed responsibility for a series of satirical billboards which have appeared throughout Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1256,"featured_media":3198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4972,1],"tags":[2880,139,2019,136,2879,2915,890,7,2876,2881,2878,244,2877],"class_list":["post-3199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-billboards","tag-brexit","tag-eu","tag-european-union","tag-gru","tag-hoax","tag-london","tag-manchester","tag-no-deal","tag-proud-bear","tag-russia","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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