Video from 2018 used in misleading post claiming Russian president recently arrived in South Africa

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Title: Video from 2018 used in misleading post claiming Russian president recently arrived in South Africa
URL: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32EZ3BH
Publisher: AFP
Date published: July 20, 2022
Description:

With Eastern Europe in turmoil following the invasion of Ukraine, a Facebook post shared hundreds of times claims Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘in South Africa’. The post includes a video broadcast showing Putin arriving in the country for alliance talks. However, this is misleading: the video was filmed in July 2018 ahead of the 10th summit of the BRICS group, which was hosted by South Africa.