Is it true that Leningrad Oblast officials told residents to flee and imposed a monthly “levy”?

Is it true that Leningrad Oblast officials told residents to flee and imposed a monthly “levy”?

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うわさ： After a drone attack on the night of 9 November 2026, a video spread in which the leadership of Leningrad Oblast (the region around St. Petersburg) supposedly urges people to leave at once and take their children, along with a “governor's decree No. 131-pg” on a monthly levy on residents.

1. 判定

虚偽

This is a hoax. On 9 November the Leningrad Oblast government called both items fake: the levy decree was “neither signed nor prepared”, and no appeal to leave was ever made. Besides, a governor cannot impose a levy on residents by decree: under Russia's Tax Code, taxes and levies not listed in it cannot be introduced. Only one thing is real: the region really was attacked by drones on the night of 9 November.

Moderate: the regional government confirms the forgery, we opened its post ourselves, and the Tax Code shows such a levy is illegal. But there is no independent analysis of the video, and we have not seen the original clip or document.

2. 主張と事実

  • «The governor signed decree No. 131-pg of 09.11.2026 on a monthly levy on residents for the upkeep of social and household premises»虚偽

    False. The regional government: “This is a forgery. No document with such content was signed or prepared.” It says the “decree” has errors in its official details and absurd wording. Moreover, the Tax Code bans taxes and levies not listed in it, and regional taxes are introduced by a regional law, not a governor's decree.[1][6][4][9]

  • «In a video address, the regional leadership urged people to leave the region at once and take their children, because it is not ready for a “new wave of attacks”»虚偽

    False. The regional government: “This is a lie. No such statements were made.” According to the authorities, the clip was made by faking a face and voice (a deepfake); Fontanka reports that it imitates Governor Alexander Drozdenko. The materials have been passed to the police.[1][2][6][5]

  • «Leningrad Oblast was attacked by drones on the night of 9 November»事実

    True. According to the governor, as reported by Fontanka, 113 drones were shot down by morning; there was a fire at the oil refinery in the Kirishi industrial zone, which was contained. In Vsevolozhsk a woman was killed when debris fell on the roof of a building. The forgeries appeared against this background.[3][7]

3. うわさの出どころ

  • At night, drones attack Leningrad Oblast: a fire at the Kirishi refinery, one person killed in Vsevolozhsk.[3][7]

  • ≈ internet, messaging apps · ru

    A “decree No. 131-pg” on a monthly levy and a video in which the regional leadership supposedly urges people to leave and take their children appear online. We could not find where they were first published.[1][5]

  • Telegram · Leningrad Oblast government (@lenobladminka) · ru

    The regional government calls both items “crude fakes”, asks people not to forward them, and says it has passed the information to law enforcement.[1]

  • In the evening, the denial is reported by Fontanka, AiF, Gorod i Port, MR7 and Lenta.ru.[2][4][5][6][7]

文面の変化

  1. A real overnight drone attack gives people reason to worry.
  2. → An “official” video urging people to leave is added: the authorities supposedly admit they are not ready for new attacks.
  3. → Alongside it comes a “decree” on a cash levy on residents, adding anger at the authorities to fear for safety.

4. メディアの報道

  • Leningrad Oblast government否定

    Both items are forgeries: the document was never prepared or signed, there was no appeal; the case has been passed to the police.[1]

  • Fontanka否定

    Reports that the clip imitates Governor Drozdenko and quotes the press office's denial.[2]

  • AiF, Gorod i Port, MR7否定

    Retell the regional government's denial; MR7 quotes the remark about errors in the “decree's” official details.[4][5][6]

  • Lenta.ru背景

    Reports on the refinery attack and quotes the authorities' statement with the denial.[7]

5. SNS

データなし。

6. 情報操作の兆候

  • Tied to a real event. The forgeries appeared on the same day as the real drone attack on Kirishi and Vsevolozhsk.
  • Call to action. “Leave the region urgently, take the children out”, as retold by AiF.
  • Posing as an official source. A video with the governor's face and a “decree No. 131-pg” with a number and date; the authorities point to errors in its official details.
  • Something the authorities cannot legally do. A monthly levy on residents by governor's decree: the Tax Code bans levies not listed in it.

7. 過去の類似したうわさ

  • Videos in which St. Petersburg Governor Beglov supposedly urges residents to leave after attacks, while the governors of Vologda and Pskov regions offer to take them in.

    結果： Lapsha Media: these are deepfakes edited from old speeches, spread by a Telegram channel that mimics the address of a popular city channel. It also mentions an earlier similar fake about the Leningrad Oblast governor.[8]

  • Forged “governors' orders” reserving 40% of fuel for an “export reserve”.

    結果： Regional authorities called the documents forgeries; they contained errors in surnames and official details.

過去のうわさとの共通点

  • The forgery appears right after a real attack and is passed off as an official statement.
  • The face and voice of a real governor are used.
  • A forged document with a number and date that looks genuine.

新しい点

  • Two fakes at once: a call to flee and a cash levy on residents.

9. どうすればよいか

  • Look for evacuation decisions and new payments on the regional government's website and official channels (lenobl.ru), not in forwarded videos and screenshots.
  • If a “governor” in a video urges you to leave urgently while the media and official channels are silent, that is a reason to be wary, not to pack.
  • Don't forward such clips and “documents” to friends, even with the question “is this true?”.

10. 確認できなかったこと

  • We have not seen the clip or the “decree” ourselves: we could not find where and by whom they were first published or how many people saw them.
  • There is no independent technical analysis of the video (that it is a deepfake, or what recordings it was edited from); this is known only from the regional government.
  • Whether this fake is linked to the channel that spread the Beglov deepfake in October has not been established.

11. 情報源

  1. Leningrad Oblast government (Telegram) — post about two fakes · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  2. Fontanka — “Drozdenko urged people to leave Leningrad Oblast — this is fake” (9 November 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  3. Fontanka — “Leningrad Oblast attacked by drones. Hits in the Kirishi industrial zone” (9 November 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  4. AiF — “Leningrad Oblast warns of fakes about a ‘targeted levy’ and evacuation” (9 November 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  5. Gorod i Port — “Leningrad Oblast government denies evacuation fakes” (9 November 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  6. MR7 — “Leningrad Oblast administration denies fakes about a levy on residents and calls to leave the region” (9 November 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  7. Lenta.ru — strike on Leningrad Oblast on 9 November, authorities' statement · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  8. Lapsha Media — “Evacuation of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast residents announced. Why is this fake?” (23 October 2026) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09
  9. Russian Tax Code, Article 12 “Types of taxes and levies” (ConsultantPlus) · 閲覧日 2026.11.09

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