| Title: | Posts use old video to falsely claim Russian president visited South Africa in March 2023 |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33CR2KD |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 6, 2023 |
| Description: | After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant last month for Russian President Vladimir Putin, a video re-emerged on social media claiming to show him arriving in South Africa for an official visit. But this is false: the video was filmed in July 2018 ahead of the 10th summit of the BRICS group, which South Africa hosted. AFP Fact Check previously debunked a similar claim about the video a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine. |
Posts use old video to falsely claim Russian president visited South Africa in March 2023
After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant last month for Russian President Vladimir Putin, a video re-emerged on social media claiming to show him arriving in South Africa for an official visit. But this is false: the video was filmed in July 2018 ahead of the 10th summit of the BRICS group, which South Africa hosted. AFP Fact Check previously debunked a similar claim about the video a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine.
