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The Phantom of Moscow: Netz mocks Putin
One is celebrated, the other mocked: After the Phantom of Kyiv, a pilot who is said to have knocked out six Russian jets, the Phantom of Moscow is now going viral on social networks.
He’s a social media hero: the Phantom of Kyiv. This is a Ukrainian fighter pilot who is said to have brought down six Russian jets with his “MiG-29 Fulcrum”. But a phantom is also up to mischief on the Russian side. It said on Twitter: “The CIA has released a photo of the Phantom of Moscow. This destroyed the Russian economy within a week.” There is also a picture of Vladimir Putin.
CIA releases photo of so-called ‘Ghost of Moscow’ who took down Russian economy in one week pic.twitter.com/SWTYLpYEKI
— Sputnik (@Sputnik_Not) March 8, 2022
Meme goes viral
The photo is a meme, i.e. a joke on the Internet. This has gone viral in the last few days – it has been shared thousands of times on Twitter, Reddit and Instagram.