The FBI has used Russian-language ads in the past to attract potential informants, but this was the first time that the bureau used a famous Soviet-era figure to promote its message.
The son of famous Soviet singer, poet, and actor Vladimir Vysotsky, Nikita Vysotsky, is considering legal action against the FBI after the latter used a photo of his father in an ad on Facebook and Instagram.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Facebook ad featuring Soviet singer, poet, and actor, Vladimir Vysotsky
The Soviet actor’s son admits that going to court with the FBI would be costly, but stressed that the bureau’s actions can’t be ignored as his father’s image is “important to millions of people”.
The FBI’s ad campaign, which started on 24 February and targets Russian-speakers, calls – in Russian – for information regarding national security threats to the US to be shared with the bureau. The ad posts were accompanied by a photo of Vladimir Vysotsky in the role of Captain Gleb Zheglov of the Moscow Department of Criminal Investigations – one of the main characters in the Soviet detective miniseries The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.
The image was captioned in Russian with the words “we need to talk” and “we love Vysotsky too”, along with the FBI’s logo. The ad linked to the page of the FBI’s counterintelligence programme, but Vysotsky’s character, Zheglov, was not actually tasked with capturing spies, but with fighting criminal gangs in Moscow.
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