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Photo Depicting Putin in Prison Uniform Altered
After Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of an offensive military operation in Ukraine in late February, photos of the war and criticism of Putin were widely distributed and shared on social media platforms. Meanwhile, a photo depicting the President of Russia, Putin, wearing a prison uniform was posted recently on a social media platform. This photo was attached with a claim stating he has been arrested and waiting for the court order. It has been reacted to and shared many times by Facebook users who are speaking Khmer. However, after running a Google Reverse Image Search, it proves that this photo above is altered.
This is about our investigation of this photo.
Social Media Claim
On March 14, 2022, one of the Facebook users shared a photo depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison uniform into a Facebook group called “Dara Sorn”. The same user claimed that he had been arrested and was being held waiting for the court order. The claim attached to this photo has been shared and reacted to many times by social media users recently.
The following is an image of the user's post above which translates into English as “War criminal, Putin, whom the world seeks to arrest, and awaits court order”.
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia had started to check and verify this photo directly by running a Google Reverse Image search, which brought us to the sources containing the following photos.
An exact photo with the same form and shape was found on the IMDB website. IMDb is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew, personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan, and critical reviews.
The following screenshot was captured from the website above which was written in English as “Sydney Lassick, Jack Nicholson, and Will Sampson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)”.
Similarly, according to the Alamy website, it also shows an exact photo match with the photo shared by the Facebook user above. The following is another image from the Alamy which does not show the depiction of Russian President Vladimir Putin being detained and wearing a prisoner uniform at all.
The above website also confirmed and added more information in English as “Film Title: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” directed by Milos Forman film company united artist 19 November 1975”.
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Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found that the photo shared by the above Facebook users was false. This photo was altered before being posted on social media. It was factually taken from a movie called “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and the actors were Sydney Lassick, Jack Nicholson, and Will Sampson (from left to right).
