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| Title: | ‘Old footage’ of ‘Ukrainian Nazis’ murdering ‘Chechnya Muslims’? No, video from 2014 war movie – Africa Check |
| URL: | https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/old-footage-ukrainian-nazis-murdering-chechnya-muslims-no |
| Publisher: | Africa Check |
| Date published: | April 12, 2022 |
| Description: | None of this is true. The video is a work of fiction and the people in it are actors. The video is related to war in Chechnya, but only because it’s a clip from The Search (2014), a war drama written and directed by French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius. The Search is fiction, though set in a real war. But it’s worth pointing out that right at the beginning it specifically identifies the men who kill the man and woman as Russian soldiers. And the caption’s claim that “Ukrainian Nazis once upon a time invaded Chechnya” is incorrect. |
