Did Vladimir Putin really defy his arrest order to travel to South Africa? In short, nope

This post claims that Vladimir Putin went to South Africa in late March. The images used as “proof”, however, are old. © Observers

Did Vladimir Putin recently go to South Africa, defying the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court? That’s the claim made by at least two videos that have been shared thousands of times on TikTok and Facebook since late March. This footage, however, is old and doesn’t in any way prove that Putin has recently travelled to South Africa.

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