DISINFO: An American was arrested in Ukraine for wearing a T-shirt with "Russia" writen on it

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DISINFO: An American was arrested in Ukraine for wearing a T-shirt with "Russia" writen on it

SUMMARY

Ukrainian police arrested an American citizen for wearing a T-shirt with "Russia" written on it. The police accused the American of behaving in a "provocative manner and causing a quarrel with citizens."

RESPONSE

A clear “cherry-picking” approach for covering the mentioned incident trying to portray Ukrainians as Russophobic.

The man was not arrested just because he was wearing a white blue red t-shirt with the word “Russia” on it.

The reported article has failed to mention the additional information from the GUNP (National Police of Ukraine) which noted that along with asking him to stop provoking citizens celebrating the tradition of unfurling the Ukrainian flag during the Vyshivankovy Festival, the American man “unsuccessfully tried to escape the police”, thus he was detained.

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