{"id":1591133,"date":"2022-08-05T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1591133"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:40:15","slug":"fact-check-did-vladimir-putin-make-disparaging-comments-about-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-vladimir-putin-make-disparaging-comments-about-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Vladimir Putin Make Disparaging Comments About Africa?"},"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\">20<\/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-vladimir-putin-make-disparaging-comments-about-africa%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=1591133&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\/08\/2022-07-21T105711Z_125866642_RC2E2V9M3MYE_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-PUTIN-HEALTH-scaled-e1659633915357.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sai.mugerwa.1\/videos\/2616785341791427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Russian President Vladimir Putin made disparaging comments about Africa, calling the continent a \u201ccemetery for Africans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There is no evidence to suggest Putin made such comments about Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Macky Sall, the head of the African Union and president of Senegal, met with Putin in June to discuss food shortages in Africa stemming from Russia\u2019s conflict with Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20220603-african-union-head-tells-putin-africans-are-victims-of-ukraine-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a>. Sall warned Putin that Africans were \u201cvictims on an economic level\u201d of the conflict due to the freeze in grain exports, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A widely shared video on Facebook taken from a 2018 episode of the podcast \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mu4QBTjDhL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drink Champs<\/a>\u201d claims Putin once made disparaging remarks about Africa and wealthy Africans. In the clip, American rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7jFaoqWPhYLrKzjzlpXmUO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Banner<\/a> claims that Putin once said, \u201cAfrica is a cemetery for Africans.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/07\/fact-check-putin-western-leaders-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Vladimir Putin Make These Disparaging Comments About Western Leaders?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen an African becomes rich, his bank accounts are in Switzerland,\u201d continues the alleged Putin quote. \u201cHe travels to France for medical treatment, he invests in Germany, he buys from Dubai, he consumes Chinese, he prays in Rome or Mecca. His children study in Europe. He travels to Canada, the U.S.A., and Europe for tourism. If he dies, he will be buried in his native country. Africa is just a cemetery for Africans. How could a cemetery be developed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The quote is fabricated. Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=vladimir+putin+%22africa+is+just+a+cemetery+for+africans.+how+can+a+cemetery+be+developed%3F%22&#038;oq=vladimir+putin+%22africa+is+just+a+cemetery+for+africans.+how+can+a+cemetery+be+developed%3F%22&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.22876j1j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to suggest the Russian president ever made such comments. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kremlin.ru\/search?query=africa+is+just+a+cemetery+for+africans.+how+can+a+cemetery+be+developed%3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search of the Kremlin\u2019s website<\/a> and of Putin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/events\/president\/transcripts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived speeches<\/a> do not generate any results for the alleged quote. There is likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=putin+on+Africa+cemetery&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;ei=1UftYpPhIr6xptQPmOOE-Ak&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjTn-rqkbD5AhW-mIkEHZgxAZ8Q4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=putin+on+Africa+cemetery&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsAM6BQghEKABOgUIIRCrAjoICCEQHhAWEB06BwghEKABEAo6BQgAEIYDSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJUBWNYYYLwbaARwAXgAgAGTAYgB2QuSAQQwLjEymAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&#038;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a> that attributes such a quote to the Russian leader.<\/p>\n<p>An internet search reveals the quote has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Africa%20is%20just%20a%20cemetery%20for%20Africans.%20How%20could%20a%20cemetery%20be%20developed%3F&#038;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulated<\/a> online since at least 2018 but none of the posts clarify where or when Putin made the alleged statement. The quote has been previously debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/no-evidence-behind-claims-vladimir-putin-made-statement-criticising-rich-africans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFP Fact Check<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-russia-putin\/fact-check-no-evidence-putin-said-wealthy-africans-only-return-home-to-be-buried-idUSL2N2VB29F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/meta-programme-fact-checks\/false-no-evidence-russian-president-putin-said-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Russian President Vladimir Putin made disparaging comments about Africa, calling the continent a \u201ccemetery for Africans.\u201dVerdict: False There is no evidence to suggest Putin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"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-1591133","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\/1591133","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\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591133\/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=1591133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}