{"id":1405518,"date":"2022-03-28T17:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405518"},"modified":"2022-03-28T17:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:45:16","slug":"fact-check-did-the-russian-government-announce-a-warrant-for-george-soros-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-russian-government-announce-a-warrant-for-george-soros-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Russian Government Announce A Warrant For George Soros\u2019 Arrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-russian-government-announce-a-warrant-for-george-soros-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gibert.pascal.pass.la.menace\/posts\/pfbid02DY3Eh6746o4XsviY4V2o8Ttq6DGRH7mcrD48Px7CGDGBqKfqnmhscPqZLyDs3LU6l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the government of Russia announced an arrest warrant for billionaire George Soros.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence the Russian government issued an arrest warrant for Soros. A spokesperson for Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations stated there was \u201cno indication\u201d the Russian government issued an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soros, who founded and chairs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Society Foundations<\/a>, wrote a Feb. 26 blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgesoros.com\/2022\/02\/26\/we-must-stand-with-ukraine-as-they-stand-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> about Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, calling for nations to stand with Ukraine against the \u201cexistential threat.\u201d He also called the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ca direct attack on the sovereignty of all States that were once in the Soviet Union, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A March 22 Facebook post claims Russia\u2019s government announced an \u201carrest warrant for billionaire George Soros, the main promoter of the war in Ukraine.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/23\/fact-check-ukraine-conflict-war-fighting-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Recent Fighting In Ukraine?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to support this claim. Check Your Fact searched <a href=\"http:\/\/government.ru\/en\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Soros%20(from%3AGovernmentRF)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Soros%20(from%3AKremlinRussia_E)&#038;src=typed_query&#038;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a> from the Russian government but found no mention of an arrest warrant being issued for Soros. Likewise, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=soros+arrest+warrant&#038;sxsrf=APq-WBs17bvsec0Lrcy-E8u1jSx0bXhPDw:1648482468431&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjJ1Mvfk-n2AhWYlIkEHfpKBCcQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=958&#038;bih=963&#038;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> suggesting a warrant has been issued for Soros, and his name does not appear on Interpol\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/How-we-work\/Notices\/View-Red-Notices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list<\/a> of wanted persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that we have no indication that the Russian government has ever issued an arrest warrant for George Soros,\u201d said Open Society Foundations Senior Communication Adviser Jonathan Birchall in an email to Check Your Fact. Soros is the chair and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Society Foundations<\/a> charity.<\/p>\n<p>Soros is a U.S. citizen, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/george-soros\/?sh=759dff172024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a>, and the U.S. Embassy in Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Soros%20(from%3AUSEmbRu)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has not<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064604983034\/search\/?q=George%20Soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.usembassy.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made<\/a> an announcement of the purported arrest warrant either. Soros\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgesoros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a> has tweeted since the Facebook post was uploaded and makes no mention of any warrant out for his arrest.\u00a0A similar claim circulated in 2018 and was refuted at the time by the Kremlin, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ccc7b0c10e7e4a879fa05f48ec9a2e3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no evidence Russia has issued a warrant for Soros\u2019 arrest, it did ban the Soros-funded Open Society Foundations and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation from the country in 2015, characterizing them as a threat to state security and the Russian constitution, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2015\/11\/30\/russia-bans-george-soros-charity-as-security-threat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims the government of Russia announced an arrest warrant for billionaire George Soros.Verdict: False There is no evidence the Russian government issued an arrest warrant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}