The announcement of the prankers’ conversation with George W. Bush shows footage where he says that he “wants [to see] Ukraine in NATO.” The video was released on Rutube, YouTube blocked their account after recording with Ben Wallace
Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (from left to right)
On the channel of prankers Vovan and Lexus (real names Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov), an announcement of a video conversation with former US President George W. Bush, who held this post in 2001, 2009, was released in Rutube. The release of the full version of the conversation is expected on May 19 as part of the educational marathon “New Horizons” of society “Knowledge”.
Moments from the conversation appear in the video. The footage shown quotes Bush Jr., where he says that he “wants [to see] Ukraine in NATO”, and also “thought that Russia would be more accommodating, but then Putin changed dramatically”. The video contains an appeal by the former US president: “Your mission is to destroy as many Russian troops as possible,” to whom these words are addressed is not specified.
There are also shots in the video where Bush utters the phrase “Glory to Vovan and Lexus, connect them”, and later salutes, while his words sound behind the scenes: “I’m proud of you” (the addressee of the appeal is not specified). The video is constructed in such a way that at this moment frames with the prankers themselves appear on the screen.
The educational marathon “New Horizons” takes place from May 17 to May 19. During the event, the participants will be addressed by “outstanding speakers of Russia and the world,” among them Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Ministry official representative Maria Zakharova.
At the end of February, Bush Jr. condemned the conduct of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. He warned of the “most serious security crisis on the European continent since the Second World War”.
Kuznetsov and Stolyarov are known for their pranks on politicians. So, in March, videos with British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and British Interior Minister Priti Patel appeared on their YouTube channel. The prankers conducted both conversations on behalf of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.
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During the conversation with Wallace, the prankers asked him about Britain’s position on Ukraine’s accession to NATO. The head of the Defense Ministry stressed that London is interested in Kiev joining the alliance.
On March 17, Wallace announced on Twitter about a conversation with an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister. “He asked some misleading questions, and after I had my suspicions, I interrupted the call,” the minister was speaking. On the same day, British Interior Minister Priti Patel said she had received a similar call earlier this week. “It also happened to me this week. A pathetic attempt to divide us in such difficult times. We support Ukraine,” she wrote on Twitter.
Neither Wallace nor Patel revealed the details of the conversations and did not state definitely who was behind the calls, but hinted that they suspected Russia of this. On March 18, Wallace ordered an internal audit in connection with the incident.
On March 23, the British Ministry of Defense sent a request to YouTube with a request to delete the video of Wallace’s conversation with Vovan and Lexus. The statement noted that the videos pose “a significant risk to the national security of the United Kingdom”, and also that “the Russian state is responsible for the fake call”.
On March 26, the video hosting blocked the prankers’ channel for violating community rules.
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