“Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a new legislation that imposes the death penalty on individuals convicted of burning the Quran”
What FACTLY found
The Russian government did not introduce any such new legislation announcing the death sentence as a punishment for the individuals convicted of burning the Quran. A moratorium on the death penalty as a form of punishment is currently in effect in Russia. In response to the recent event where a 19-year-old youth burned a copy of the Quran in front of a Mosque in the Russian city of Volgograd, President Vladimir Putin recently stated that the offender will be confined in a detention facility s...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 June 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 June 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CtwWBBpvwcu/
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