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      No, This Video Does Not Show Putin Greet Indian Students Evacuated From Ukraine

      BOOM found that the man misidentified as Russian President Vladimir Putin is actually Rahul Shrivastava - India's Ambassador to Romania.

      By - Srijit Das |
      Published -  2 March 2022 5:07 PM IST
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      No, This Video Does Not Show Putin Greet Indian Students Evacuated From Ukraine

      A video showing India's Ambassador to Romania making an in-flight announcement welcoming Indian students evacuated from Ukraine, is being shared online with a false claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin went on an Air India aircraft to 'convince Indians'.

      India is currently operating evacuation flights from countries bordering Ukraine - Romania, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia - after Ukrainian airspace was closed due to the Russian military attack. According to media reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to his counterparts in the Slovak Republic and Romania, Ukraine's neighbouring countries from where India is trying to evacuate its citizens, about evacuation strategies from these countries.

      The viral video is being shared with captions hailing close diplomatic ties between PM Modi and Vladimir Putin.

      One of the captions with the video claims, "Russian President Putin himself directly went on aircraft of (AI) AIR INDIA to convince Indians. What a Respect for India. Be proud of to be an Indian. PMModiji Great Ji".


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      Also Read: Graphic Shows Air India Only Airliner To Fly Into A War Zone? A Fact Check

      Fact Check

      BOOM did a reverse image search on one of the key frames from the video and found the same video in an Economic Times article published on February 26, 2022. The caption with the video reads as, "Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Indian Ambassador in Romania interacting with students evacuated from Ukraine, watch!".

      Taking a cue from this, we ran a related keyword search on Twitter and found the same video on ET NOW's official twitter handle carrying its logo as seen in the viral video.

      ET NOW tweeted the video with a caption saying, "Whenever you face difficulty in life, remember this day & everything will be fine" - Listen in to India's Ambassador to Romania Rahul Shrivastava's special message to Indian nationals on board Air India flight".

      "Whenever you face difficulty in life, remember this day & everything will be fine" - Listen in to India's Ambassador to #Romania Rahul Shrivastava's special message to Indian nationals onboard #AirIndia flight@AmbShrivastava @DrSJaishankar @sameerdixit16 #Ukraine #Evacuation pic.twitter.com/jfSm5Ev1ZZ

      — ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) February 26, 2022

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      Union Minister Piyush Goyal also tweeted the video on February 26, 2022 mentioning India's ambassador to Romania. The tweet can be seen below.

      ये जो देश है तेरा, स्वदेश है तेरा...🇮🇳

      These encouraging words by India's ambassador to Romania to our students returning home, is what the Govt. under PM @NarendraModi ji stands for. Committed to every Indian anywhere in the world.

      निराश न होना, आस ना खोना! pic.twitter.com/4djL0NtOEc

      — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 26, 2022

      Click here to view an archive of the post.

      DD News also tweeted a video report of Rahul Shrivastava's interaction with evacuated students from Ukraine on February 26, 2022. The video shows Shrivastava has been misidentified as Putin by viral Facebook posts.

      Watch | India's Ambassador to Romania, Rahul Shrivastava, interacted with evacuated students from #Ukraine who were on their way to Mumbai from Romania@eoiromania pic.twitter.com/QznhisS0Vd

      — DD News (@DDNewslive) February 26, 2022

      Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on March 2, 2022 tweeted a few photos of himself and Rahul Shrivastava where they can be seen discussing the operational issues for evacuation.

      Met the Indian Ambassador to Romania & Moldova, Sh Rahul Shrivastava Ji to discuss the operational issues for evacuation and the flight plan from Bucharest & Suceava in the coming days. #OperationGanga in full gear! pic.twitter.com/I9h0N45IuA

      — Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) March 1, 2022

      'Indians reached Romania from Ukraine via the Suceava border crossing as part of a coordinated evacuation mission by the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian embassies in Ukraine and Romania,' ET reported.

      Also Read: Video Of Fuel Tanker Fire In Nigeria Peddled As Russia-Ukraine War

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      Fact CheckAir IndiaIndian AmbassadorRomaniaRussia Ukraine ConflictIndiaFake NewsValdimir Putinviral
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      Claim :   Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Air India aircraft to convince Indians.
      Claimed By :  Social Media Users
      Fact Check :  False
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