“Video of Vladimir Putin interacting with the evacuated Indian nationals from Ukraine”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The man in the video interacting with the evacuated Indian nationals from Ukraine is Indian Ambassador to Romania, Rahul Shrivastava. Several Union Ministers and prominent news channels have published this video on 26 February 2022. This video has nothing to do with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 March 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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