»Sigma Boy«: A Russian hit under propaganda suspicion

Russia wants to destabilize Western societies. Is the TikTok hit »Sigma Boy« part of propaganda? And what role does a Bavarian student play? SPIEGEL reporter Max Polonyi has researched the background.

You may not know her, but your children probably do. The German teenager made famous the Russian song Sigma Boy on TikTok with his acrobatics and noisy speaker. Both Ukraine and German politicians are warning how it is being abused by Russian propaganda.

This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Artem Lisogor.It is noted that the occupiers call it a program of educational routes. According to the OVA, 6 groups of boys and girls from Siverskodonetsk, Kreminna, Lisichansk, Troitsky, Rubezhny, Svatove, Stanytsya Luhanska and Khrustalny joined the six groups that formed the first change.According to the Center for National Resistance, the Russian occupiers under On …