| Title: | Video with inaccurate subtitles does not show ‘Putin praising Pakistan PM Imran Khan’ |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32462AC |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 3, 2022 |
| Description: | A video has circulated in social media posts that claim it shows Russian President Vladimir Putin praising Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan after the two leaders met in Moscow on the day Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine. The clip was viewed hundreds of thousands of times in posts by Pakistan-based social media users. In fact, the video’s English-language subtitles have been misleadingly altered. In the original clip, Putin was shown criticising Ukraine. |
Video with inaccurate subtitles does not show ‘Putin praising Pakistan PM Imran Khan’
A video has circulated in social media posts that claim it shows Russian President Vladimir Putin praising Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan after the two leaders met in Moscow on the day Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine. The clip was viewed hundreds of thousands of times in posts by Pakistan-based social media users. In fact, the video's English-language subtitles have been misleadingly altered. In the original clip, Putin was shown criticising Ukraine.
