A Russian YouTuber Takes Down a Misleading Documentary On Somalia

[Deeq A.]

Mogadishu (PP News Desk) — Anton Lyadov, a Russian YouTuber, visited Somalia several weeks ago to make a documentary for his channel, The People. He fixers in Mogadishu welcomed him and facilitated visits to different parts of the capital city. During his visits to several markets in the Mogadishu Lyadov felt more at home with locals.

Anton Lyadov took down the disinformation-fuelled documentary on Somalia after a substantial number of viewers disliked it and complained to YouTube.

“The outcome of his visit has been a documentary portraying Somalia in way that can only be likened to areas in his homeland under the Russian mafia” says , a Somali media analyst in Mogadishu.

On Monday Lyadov took down the documentary after receiving the highest number of dislikes and reports to Google. “Somalis who have watched the documentary have realised it was a hatchet job against Somalia. They did not only dislike the documentary but they also lodged complaints against Lyadov’s channel due to disinformation contained in the documentary” added the media analyst.

Lyadov posing for the camera with his fixers described by a Somali YouTuber as “lackeys”.

Lyadov modelled his documentary on previous documentaries he had produced such as “Most Dangerous State in Mexico” and Venezuela: Most Dangerous City on Planet”.

Abdihafid Jama, an influential Somali YouTuber, described the Somali fixers who had facilitated Lyadov’s entry into Somalia as “lackeys”.

Abdihafid Jama, a Youtuber, took Lyadov to task for a Pravda-inspired hatchet job against Somalia.

“Lyadov of utilises disinformation tactics from the former KGB’s playbook. That he used Youtube as the means to spread disinformation about countries reflects tactics of the fake news purveyors” said Adan Mohamud, a mass communications lecturer in Mogadishu.

Lyadov might lose his scaremongering YouTube channel, which has the agenda to spread canard about countries.

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