Since Russia launched a major offensive in Ukraine in February, photos and videos have been posted and shared on social media from users. Meanwhile, a viral video depicting Russian president, Vladimir Putin, playing a seesaw with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, was posted recently on the Facebook platform. This video was shared and reacted with mixed comments from Facebook users. However, after running a Google Reverse Image search, it proves that the above video has been digitally edited.
This is about our investigation of this video.
Social Media Claim
On May 03, 2022 recently, one of the Facebook users has shared a video (14sec) to a public group called “Dara Sorn”. This video depicts a scene of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron playing seesaw together. It may be believed to be real as it was reacted with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users.
The following video was captured from the above Facebook user who has posted on social media recently.
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia had started to check and verify this video directly by running a Google Reverse Image search, which brought us to the sources containing the following video and photo.
According to an international news media called CNN published on February 11, 2022, it does not show these two leaders playing seesaw at all. The following image of this meeting was captured from above website which shows French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meets and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) spent more than five hours on the table in head-to-head talks on how to diffuse a potential conflict in Ukraine.
The meeting between Putin and Macron held in Moscow on February 07, 2022 was also published and reported in video by BBC, an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found out that the video posted by social media users above digitally edited. The meeting between Putin and Macron held in Moscow on February 07, 2022 did not show two of them playing seesaw at all.
Title:Is This Real that Putin and Macron Playing Seesaw Together?
Fact Check By: Kakada SimResult: Altered
