Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through an image in which it appears Savo Manojlovic, a candidate for mayor in the upcoming local elections in Belgrade, it is alleged that the photo was taken in 2015 and that the woman seen next to him is the Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly, Saranda Bogujevci.
This photo with this claim was published on May 25 by a Serbian-language account on X (formerly Twitter) called “Ledeni”. (see here)
This post from this account with the same claim also appeared in the Serbian media outlets "Alo.rs", "24sedam.rs" and "Sd.rs".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it is noted that the woman in that photograph does not resemble Bogujevci at all, and the comparison photo of the year 2015 of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, shows that the similarity between her and the hitherto unknown woman in the photo with Manojlovic is very small.
Links to the article published in Serbian-language media:
https://archive.is/TG93w#selection-935.57-935.72
Excerpt from the content of the article published on Alo.rs, translated into Albanian:
Savo Manojlović, the leader of the “Kreni-Promeni” movement and a controversial figure on the political scene, ran for mayor of Belgrade in the upcoming elections. The sources of his funding raised many questions about his true intentions, especially when it became known that one of his main financiers was Rockefeller.
To make the scandal even bigger, a photo from 2015 recently surfaced on social media, where Manojlovic was in the company of Saranda Bogujevci, a prominent member of Albin Kurti's "Vetëvendosje" Movement and current deputy speaker of the so-called Kosovo Assembly. This photo has caused major reactions and raised questions about Manojlovic's past.
What did hibrid.info find?
On his X (formerly Twitter) account, Manojlovic "reposted" a post from a profile named Anđelija Stanimirović, which states "Even someone with poor eyesight would easily understand that this is not Saranda." (see here)
On the other hand, until the writing of this article, on the official profiles on Facebook and X, Saranda Bogujevci has not reacted regarding this claim. (see here and here)
Hibrid.info found a photo of Bogujevci in 2015 published on Facebook, through which it compared it with a photo showing a woman near Serbian politician Manojlovic. (see photo comparison below)
Analyze:
Some Serbian-language media outlets claimed through a photograph that the woman seen near Serbian politician Savo Manojlovic is the Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly, Saranda Bogujevci, and that this photograph was taken in 2015.
After comparing this woman with a photo of Bogujevci published in 2015 on Facebook, it is noticeable that the similarity is very small.
Also, Manojlovic on his X account reposted a post in which he wrote "Even someone with poor eyesight would easily understand that this is not Saranda."
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.