{"id":1398164,"date":"2022-03-24T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398164"},"modified":"2022-03-24T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:44:56","slug":"fact-check-has-montreal-renamed-one-of-its-streets-avenue-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-montreal-renamed-one-of-its-streets-avenue-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Has Montreal Renamed One Of Its Streets \u2018Avenue Zelensky\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-has-montreal-renamed-one-of-its-streets-avenue-zelensky%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hyzkh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the city of Montreal recently renamed the street where its Russian consulate is located to \u201cAvenue Zelensky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the city confirmed the street has not been renamed.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, nations across the world have begun changing the names of their street signs to express solidarity with Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/03\/10\/road-names-russian-embassies-zelensky-rebrand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>. A post shared on Facebook claims Canada recently did so, changing the name of a street in Montreal to \u201cAvenue Zelensky,\u201d in honor of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The post includes an image of the alleged street sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russian consulate in Montreal is now on Avenue Zelensky,\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/15\/fact-check-italiy-news-report-deep-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/15\/fact-check-italiy-news-report-deep-impact\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648206133529000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3-tttYyygahr1PZmixgdg4\">(RELATED: Did An Italian News Outlet Use A Movie Scene In Its Coverage Of The Ukrainian Crisis?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest the street has been formally renamed. The Russian consulate in Montreal is located on Avenue du Mus\u00e9e, according to the consulate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.mid.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Consulate+General+of+the+Russian+Federation\/@45.500591,-73.5851451,17z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91a3e54d7b277:0x9df041c8cd3f4a28!8m2!3d45.5008123!4d-73.5834719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Maps<\/a>. A reverse image search revealed the picture of the \u201cAvenue Zelensky\u201d street sign was originally shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infomantv\/status\/1502094530648195078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 10 tweet<\/a> from the verified account of the Canadian comedy group <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/tele\/infoman\/site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infoman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Un beau moment immortalis\u00e9. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnGM6z0N47\">pic.twitter.com\/dnGM6z0N47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 INFOMAN (@infomantv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infomantv\/status\/1502094530648195078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA beautiful moment captured,\u201d reads a translated version of the post\u2019s caption. A member of the comedy group installed the sign on the fence in a video shared on the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/tele\/infoman\/site\/segments\/reportage\/393752\/conflit-invasion-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR2_4AGThgtnO6v9NCLmfnzdX6y8C6o1UPaw03Xg97Rc7cH16j6H2xA8Ew4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fabienne Papin, a spokesperson for the city of Montreal, confirmed the name of the street has not been changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Montreal strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine in violation of international law and declares its solidarity with the Ukrainian community of Montreal,\u201d reads a translated version of an email Papin sent to Check Your Fact. \u201cThat said, it should be noted that the City has not changed the name of Avenue du Mus\u00e9e, either in whole or in part, which leads to the Consulate General of Russia in Montreal. This is misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims the city of Montreal recently renamed the street where its Russian consulate is located to \u201cAvenue Zelensky.\u201dVerdict: False A spokesperson for the city confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}