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Debunked: Putin’s ‘Bond villain’ house doesn’t exist

Debunked: Putin’s ‘Bond villain’ house doesn’t exist

Apr 13, 2021
Two pictures of a white, futuristic building in a forest went briefly viral in early April with the false claim that the building belonged to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Fake: Flag with Nazi Swastika in Ukraine

Sep 22, 2014
On September 20, the official Twitter account of the Permanent Mission of Russia in Geneva published a photo entitled “Modern Ukraine. Human Rights on the Upgrade”, showing a building with Ukrainian and Nazi flags. However, this photo has been “wandering” around the Network under different titles for a long time. Let us recall that it was taken during the shooting of a movie in Kharkiv in 2011.

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