“Putin JUST SHUTDOWN All Oil To The US, Collapsing The US Economy!”
Social media posts
Claim dated 26 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
This isn’t accurate. The U.S. banned all imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal in March 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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