On July 23, a Facebook page called “HyperCare” published a Russian-language video featuring singer Alla Pugacheva and surgeon Leonid (Leo) Bokeria, in which they talk about hypertension. The video bears the Deutsche Welle logo and begins with a news anchor stating that Alla Pugacheva confronted pharmacists after they banned a drug developed by Leo Bokeria. In the video, Pugacheva discusses how the drug saved her from a stroke, while Bokeria claims that pharmacists are only interested in making people spend money and do not care about their health. The surgeon offers viewers his own drug and urges them to follow a link attached to the post. In the comments, Georgian-speaking Facebook users ask about the drug’s name.
The Russian-language post discussing hypertension shows signs of fraud. The videos of the news anchor, Leonid Bokeria, and Alla Pugacheva are fabricated, and the voices are digitally generated, likely using artificial intelligence. No such report has been aired by Deutsche Welle. The post contains a link to a website created 52 days ago.
- Pugacheva and Bokeria did not make the statements on hypertension featured in the video
In the video, Alla Pugacheva talks about stroke symptoms, saying she spent tens of thousands of euros but that prescribed treatments did not help. In the next segment, the singer talks about Leonid Bokeria, whose drug allegedly cured her in one month.
In reality, Pugacheva never made such comments, and no public source contains information about such an interview. There are articles from 2010 mentioning Pugacheva and Bokeria when the singer was hospitalized and underwent stenting.
The video in which Pugacheva appears is fabricated; both the voice and facial movements have been digitally altered, likely using artificial intelligence. This is evident from her unnatural mouth, eye, and head movements. There are also moments in the video (e.g., from 1:10 and from 1:18) where Pugacheva’s speech continues, but her mouth does not move, or the movement does not match the words.
The footage of Alla Pugacheva is taken from her 2019 interview with Russia’s Channel One in Moscow. The shots, dated October 25, were published by the television channel. The interview is about her concert, and Pugacheva makes no statements about hypertension or Leonid Bokeria.
The segment featuring Leonid Bokeria is also fake. The footage is taken from a May 2018 video broadcast on a TV program called “Doctor.” In the 25-minute video, Leo Bokeria discusses congenital heart diseases and does not talk about pharmacists or any hypertension drug.
Furthermore, there is no evidence that Leonid Bokeria developed a hypertension drug that was later banned. No such information is found in open sources, including Russian-language media. No report about a hypertension drug has aired on Deutsche Welle, and the media outlet’s logo was added to the fake footage to increase credibility.
Using the facial recognition tool PimEyes, we have determined that the journalist seen at the beginning of the video is Gleb Gavrik, one of DW’s Russian-language news anchors.
The report about Bokeria and Pugacheva cannot be found on Deutsche Welle’s website. The story has not been covered by other reputable media outlets either. While it is impossible to determine from which news program Gavrik’s footage was taken, the unnatural movements of his face and head suggest that his video, too, was digitally altered.
Facebook page and website
The video was published on the Facebook page “HyperCare.” As of August 10, the page had 210 likes and 577 followers. Its “About” section lists “Health/Beauty” but contains no additional information. “HyperCare” was created on April 17, and according to available data, it is managed from Ukraine.
It is noteworthy that the hypertension video is only available in the page’s Ad Library. The Ad Library shows that the Facebook page has sponsored five similar videos in different languages featuring various individuals.
In the fabricated videos, viewers are encouraged to click a button attached to the post. Clicking the button first leads to the website Lifebalance-7.xyz, which after a few seconds redirects to the website of Medi Art, a clinic located in Kazakhstan. The Medi Art link opens information about hypertension. It is possible that the Medi Art website, like the DW logo, was used for fraudulent purposes to appear more credible. Myth Detector contacted the clinic and will update the material upon receiving a response.
The Lifebalance-7.xyz website is currently inactive. We searched for information about the domain using Whois Lookup. It was found that the site was created 52 days ago, on June 19, 2025. It uses the .xyz domain and CloudFlare, which masks the real hosting server. These details, along with the fact that it was created only 52 days ago and linked to AI-generated treatment videos on Facebook, point to a fraudulent intent.
Myth Detector has previously verified multiple fraudulent posts in which videos were similarly fabricated using this technology. Public figures are often used in such fake videos to gain credibility. Posts frequently include a link asking citizens to provide their bank account details or phone numbers in exchange for a product or service. Such links are fraudulent and aim to obtain personal data.
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