The US Embassy in Russia “sent” John Tefft to the Moon on the day of the rally in Maryino

The US Embassy in Russia tweeted several photo collages showing Ambassador John Tefft at an opposition rally in Maryino, on the moon and on ice during a hockey game. The tweet explains that, in reality, Tefft was at home on September 20, when the rally took place, and did not go to the rally.

The original photo showing Tefft talking to reporters on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge was taken on February 28, 2015 at the scene of the murder of Boris Nemtsov. A collage using this photo was circulated on social media on September 20 as evidence that the US ambassador was at an opposition rally for a change of power. A note about the picture was also published on its website by the REN channel. The article says that there is no information about the reliability of the picture, but in the original version of the material. this phrase was not

• About 4,000 people attended the September 20 rally in Maryino, according to Moscow police. Activists of the White Counter project, who counted those who came, reported seven thousand participants.