“Visuals of a pigeon saluting to Putin”
What FACTLY found
The viral visuals showing a pigeon waving at Putin are not real but created digitally. As per the original visuals, Putin waves his hand at a pigeon, however, the pigeon does not wave back in return but pigeon moves away and then walks along its path. The incident took place when Putin visited the Rogozhskiy Religious Center in Moscow in 2017. Russian state owned media agency Ruptly reported the original visuals back then
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2022, 30 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.