| Title: | Video shows Putin’s face superimposed on exiled tycoon’s body for anti-Kremlin film promo |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32JA7P8 |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | September 16, 2022 |
| Description: | Footage that appears to show Russian President Vladimir Putin behind bars has surfaced in social media posts claiming he was arrested on terrorism charges. However, the clip has been doctored to superimpose Putin’s face onto that of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil tycoon who spent a decade in jail. The altered video was originally published to promote a documentary that accused Russian authorities of orchestrating a series of apartment block bombings in 1999. |
Video shows Putin’s face superimposed on exiled tycoon’s body for anti-Kremlin film promo
Footage that appears to show Russian President Vladimir Putin behind bars has surfaced in social media posts claiming he was arrested on terrorism charges. However, the clip has been doctored to superimpose Putin's face onto that of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil tycoon who spent a decade in jail. The altered video was originally published to promote a documentary that accused Russian authorities of orchestrating a series of apartment block bombings in 1999.
