| Title: | Videos with false subtitles do not show Russian leader threatening war with Nigeria over Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.326643N |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 14, 2022 |
| Description: | Videos shared on Facebook claim to show Russian President Vladimir Putin warning Nigeria to stay out of the war in Ukraine or risk entering into its own conflict. But this is false: AFP Fact Check found that the clips use false subtitle translations. One video is from 2020 and shows Putin addressing Russians about the novel coronavirus. In another, he does address Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine but makes no mention of Nigeria. |
Videos with false subtitles do not show Russian leader threatening war with Nigeria over Ukraine
Videos shared on Facebook claim to show Russian President Vladimir Putin warning Nigeria to stay out of the war in Ukraine or risk entering into its own conflict. But this is false: AFP Fact Check found that the clips use false subtitle translations. One video is from 2020 and shows Putin addressing Russians about the novel coronavirus. In another, he does address Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine but makes no mention of Nigeria.
