Trukha.Vinnytsia shares fake video using a journalist agency logo

The Telegram channel Trukha.Vinnytsia and other resources posted a video using the official logo and watermark of the NGO Vinnytsia Agency for Investigative Journalism on January 20, the NGO reports on Facebook.

The video concerned a Vinnytsia City Council department chief and featured screenshots from the agency’s investigation released a year and a half ago.

The Vinnytsia Agency for Investigative Journalism stated that they had no relation to the production of this content.

“All our investigations are released exclusively on our website vajr.info and on the official Facebook page. They are evidence-based, examined by lawyers, have the authors' names attached and are created in compliance with journalistic standards,” the organization said.

Screenshot from the Telegram channel Trukha.Vinnytsia. Photo by Vinnytsia Agency for Investigative Journalism on Facebook

The video, which is currently curculating online, was first posted by the Telegram channel Trukha.Vinnytsia. It was later shared by the newly created Telegram channel Captain Chetkov's House, which is entirely and completely dedicated to posting negative content about the Vinnytsia City Council department chief in question, notes the Institute of Mass Information representative in Vinnytsia oblast.

Screenshot by the IMI