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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter this story was published, the creator of the image, Arthur Zakirov, confirmed in a Facebook message that it shows a 3D model of a MiG-29, and that the soldiers were Russian models. He said it was a composite photo created five years ago and taken in three different countries showing Russian sky, Greek mountains and French ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a completely recreated scene from various photographs of mine,\u201d said Zakirov, a 34-year-old oil company analyst and hobbyist photographer based in the Russian city of Perm, about 700 miles east of Moscow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n \u201cToday you hear about the Kremlin\u2019s hand in U.S. politics. Tomorrow you are this hand,\u201d he joked, saying he found the fact that his photo ended up in a Trump fundraising ad \u201cpretty funny.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEverything happened through inattention,\u201d he said, adding that the campaign had \u201cbad fact-checking.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n Bad fact checking indeed. Must not be many vets or military aficionados working in the graphic arts or marketing sections of the MAGA Committee.<\/p>\n Source; Politico<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"