In line with our desire to shed light on topics related to current affairs, today we will try to answer the following question: How about a meme depicting the sacrifice of Spanish far-right political activist Bertrand Ndongo to a Soviet bullet that was allegedly used against Ukraine? Soldiers in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Bertrand Ndongo’s victim in Ferraz. Bertrand Ndongo is an internet personality known for being black and Vox. As parts of the Spanish right demonstrated for what seemed like an eternity (five months) in front of the PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street in Madrid, people competed on Twitter to post the funniest message about Ndongo’s death.

Bertrand Ndongo was alive and still isbut among the most famous accounts team facha Twitter (more or less the Spanish equivalent) alt right The American, but mixed with fans of Fernando Alonso) appeared as follows: reach climax from the comedy, the hoax that Ndongo was captured by State security forces and their bodies to be sacrificed in Ferraz at 8pm on 13 November.

From tweet to legend. The now-suspended Twitter account Pirrura González wrote that day: “Bertrand Ndongo will be sacrificed in Ferraz this evening at 20:00. He will be our George Floyd.” The meme survived for several weeks (a long time in Internet years) despite Ndongo posting a video to deny his death and warn that his phone was “full” of crying people.

But this week, something more miraculous happened than calling on a dead person to mourn his death: The Bertrand Ndongo meme was resurrected. Someone paid broadcaster Grisha Putin of the pro-Russian channel Z Shaker Central to draw Pirrura’s tweet on a bullet.

A bullet with Ndongo’s face. “I was asked to draw a rather strange tweet on a cannonball” Grisha wrote Putin. “I never understood what it was about if anyone could explain.” Added to the publisher are two photos of an old 152mm artillery shell designed for the D-20 gun-howitzer, Soviet technology from 1955.

On the bullet, Ndongo’s face was painted with a pencil. This isn’t the first time messages have been added to artillery to fund a war, but there’s no indication it will actually be used against Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines.

Grisha Putin: A fraudster linked to Wagner. Grisha Putin describes himself as the leader of a pro-Russian movement called Z Shaker Central. He is a broadcaster banned from various platforms, who has photos with the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and broadcasts live from the headquarters of the Wagner group. For example, playing the game of invading Spain to destroy NATO in the strategy game Hearts of Iron 4.

Grisha Putin also calls himself a “humanitarian worker” in the war in Ukraine, offering as a service to sign bullets for the Russian side for $30 at the time. The artillery photos on social networks are apparently real, but he is said to have defrauded several Chinese citizens who paid him for this service with Photoshopped images of the same projectile.

Draw missiles to order. It is worth noting that this inhumane form of financing exists on both sides. Ukrainian computer scientist Anton Sokolenko raised $2 million with his website Sign my Rocket, mostly from American citizens who took advantage of the opportunity to propose to their partners.

In exchange for a $200 donation to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, donors can add a message to a 155 mm projectile for the M777 howitzer. For $700, they can dedicate themselves to the M982 Excalibur. If they spend 900, their message covers the R-27 air-to-air missile fired by MiG-29 fighters. If they donate $20,000 they will be able to paint the plane.

Pictures | GrishaPutin/ZShakerCentral

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