“Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with South Korean President.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 Mar 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
A video from 2019 showing Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been circulating recently with the false claim that it shows Putin meeting with the South Korean president.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 March 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 March 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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