{"id":1570248,"date":"2022-07-25T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570248"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:21:42","slug":"fact-check-was-vladimir-putin-pictured-watching-news-of-imran-khans-electoral-victory-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-vladimir-putin-pictured-watching-news-of-imran-khans-electoral-victory-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was Vladimir Putin Pictured Watching News Of Imran Khan\u2019s Electoral Victory In Pakistan?"},"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\">30<\/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-was-vladimir-putin-pictured-watching-news-of-imran-khans-electoral-victory-in-pakistan%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=1570248&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-02-24T000000Z_1953774498_RC2BQS9AH47J_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-PUTIN-PAKISTAN-scaled-e1658507762242.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>An image <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02KaSzZHc4QdCw6NqrfurSnh5sxf4qiWohk6RtF6zw1JWp7KB2xa4pAYhSjgbyCps7l&#038;id=100070323471017\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a> purportedl<span>y shows Russian President Vladimir Putin watching a news segment about the victory of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s party in the country\u2019s recent by-elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Verdict: False<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This photo is digitally fabricated. The unedited photo shows Putin in a video conference with Italian business leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s PTI party, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Tehreek-e-Insaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">founded<\/a> by Khan in 1996, won 15 of 20 seats in a by-election upset in Punjab, Pakistan last week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-62206374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. Khan was ousted as prime minister by a no-confidence vote in April, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims to show Putin watching a news report about the developments in Pakistan on TV. \u201cRussian President Putin listening to the news of Imran Khan\u2019s victory,\u201d the post\u2019s caption reads. \u201cThe whole world is a fan of Putin, but he is a fan of Imran Khan\u2026\u201d An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ownDSK\/status\/1549443012601708549?s=20&#038;t=hS3vdxIJyro8LdF7rMXIgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iteration<\/a> of the same post on Twitter gained over 780 likes and 120 shares.<\/p>\n<p><span>The image is digitally altered. A reverse image search reveals the original image can be found on the stock photo website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/january-26-2022-russia-moscow-region-novo-ogaryovo-russian-president-vladimir-putin-iat-the-novo-ogaryovo-residence-during-a-video-conference-meeting-with-italian-business-leaders-image458565540.html?irclickid=xcHXoFy9ExyIRD5zv3Xt9XadUkD1fbxPtX17z40&#038;utm_source=77643&#038;utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&#038;utm_medium=impact&#038;irgwc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alamy<\/a>. Noticeably, the screen Putin is watching shows the faces of several other men, not a news report about Pakistan. \u201c<\/span>January 26, 2022. \u2013 Russia, Moscow Region, Novo-Ogaryovo. \u2013 Russian President Vladimir Putin iat the Novo-Ogaryovo residence during a video conference meeting with Italian business leaders,\u201d reads the unedited image\u2019s description.<\/p>\n<p>Khan faced criticism for visiting Putin in Russia on Feb. 24, just hours after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/imran-khan-former-pakistan-pm-defends-kremlin-visit-on-same-day-that-russia-invaded-ukraine-12624424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky News<\/a>. Khan claimed to have planned his visit ahead of time without knowing about Putin\u2019s plan to invade, the outlet reports. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/24\/fact-check-vladimir-putin-bulletproof-vest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show Vladimir Putin Wearing A Bulletproof Vest In May 2022?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fabricated image of Putin has gone viral. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/28\/fact-check-putin-hitler-time-magazine-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a fake Time Magazine that depicted Putin alongside Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo is fabricated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"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-1570248","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\/1570248","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\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570248\/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=1570248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}