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| Title: | Posts use old video to falsely claim Russian president visited South Africa in March 2023 |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33CR2KD |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 6, 2023 |
| Description: | After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant last month for Russian President Vladimir Putin, a video re-emerged on social media claiming to show him arriving in South Africa for an official visit. But this is false: the video was filmed in July 2018 ahead of the 10th summit of the BRICS group, which South Africa hosted. AFP Fact Check previously debunked a similar claim about the video a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine. |
