Thread. Re Protasevich and Azov. Here's what's out there to be analyzed against other evidence, commentary: 1st photo is Protasevich, 2nd photo is the cover of Azov's "Black Sun" publication July 2015 issue #15. 3rd photo is what @azure says: "0.70 confidence" (that's high-ish).
There's less confidence from Azure when Azov's "Black Sun" cover photo is compared to other photos of Protasevich. For example, it's "0.62" with this photo.
IMPORTANT: The "Black Sun" Issue #15 cover was posted earlier today in comments on a neo-Nazi Telegram. I assumed it could be fake, but there is, in fact, a July 2015 post on Azov's now-dormant VK page featuring the cover, the issue itself is downloadable archive.ph/mYUOU
The photo on the cover of the "Black Sun" #15 was obviously edited, put through a filter, but the manipulations applied to the photo seem to be consistent with how "Black Sun" other cover photos were handled at the time. Check other covers from the period.
Additionally, claims are being made in Ukraine (no I'm not talking about that pro-Lukashenko late 2020 Telegram) that Protasevich was with Azov as a journalist. So far, AFAIK, no claims or evidence that Protasevich fought with Azov.
I'll finish this thread with what I started it with: It's out there, others will bring it up. I started out assuming the photo was fake, and @Azure told me what you can see in front of you. I'm not making claims, I used Azure to scrutinize a claim that was made.
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