Witness from Fryazino (Rus. Свидетель из Фрязино) is a popular Russian internet-meme, based on photo of five unidentified people, standing nearby the registry office after wedding party in Fryazino city. The man on the right probably was a witness (in Russia – friend from bridegroom’s side) on this wedding. Calling by Internet users as “Witness from Fryazino”, he became a character of photoshopped image series.
Origin
This photo first appeared at popular Russian photoshopers’ site named leprosorium.ru in 2006. Images with him soon spread around site, then around Russian Internet. He is used in different situations, like accidents or events. There is a legend that Witness has seen everything in humanity’s history.
Personalty
The man on the photo is unidentified, but there is an unconfirmed information that he’s name is Aleksey, and he knows about his popularity, but not very glad about it.