Russian teachers pose with DIY tin foil hats.Wladyslaw Buchan
Russian teachers proudly displayed themselves with aluminum hats on their heads. They were in reality victims of a frame-up which illustrates the problems in the country.
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A Belarusian activist managed to fool several teachers in Russian schools. On his Telegram channel “Uladziskau Bokhan”, he denounces the evolution of Russian society and in particular its “obsession with conspiracies”. To prove it, Vladyslaw Bochan carried out a little social experiment.
In a video, the activist said that NATO used electromagnetic pulses to influence the Russian population via satellites. In response to this fabricated story, teachers from the Voronezh region launched a patriotic action with a workshop called “Helmet of the Fatherland”. So they taught their students how to make hats out of aluminum foil to protect themselves from Western impulses.
Other episodes announced
To add credibility to his story, Vladyslaw Bochan posed as an official of the “United Russia” party, close to Vladimir Putin. His video reportedly went around the city and the activist even received photos of women who also make aluminum hats – or who already wear them on their heads.
“It worked. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.”
After publication of these images, Vladyslaw Bochan announced that he was working on a continuation of this experiment, the objective of which is to “confirm that a fascist regime reigns in Russia”. He announced other episodes of his series on his YouTube channel.
Many images were also circulated on X.
Vladyslaw Bochan said he was shocked that Russian teachers believed the rants in his video. The fact that foil hats protect against radiation is a long-disproven meme, but which has nevertheless persisted since the beginning of nuclear armament. The term “foil hats” is often used to refer to people who believe in conspiracy theories that have no scientific basis.
Translated and adapted from German by Léa Krejci
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