Carnival association pokes fun at Uri media with Russian purchase plans

 In January, rumors about alleged purchase plans by Russian investors in Altdorf, the capital of Uri, were circulating in the media. Now it has come to light that it was all just a gag by an Altdorf carnival association, which was uncovered by its inventor, the Altdorf carnival association "Nächstenliebe", in its "Narrenblatt" published on Wednesday. It had leaked a fictitious letter from a Zurich legal advisor to three house owners in the center of Altdorf to the media. In it, Russians expressed an interest in buying. The lawyer also confirmed this to the media.
However, the whole campaign was just a joke, as Ralph Hoerner from "Nächstenliebe" confirmed to the news agency SDA on Friday. The dynamics of the news had probably been somewhat underestimated, said Hoerner. They hadn't expected such a big media impact. However, it was never the intention to harm anyone.
One of the misled journalists sees the action as a bad joke. After all, the Zurich lawyer confirmed in conversation that he had written a letter to the three house owners "on behalf of and representing" the client and had officially registered his interest in buying.