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      Vladimir Putin's 2012 Visit To Cancer Centre Viral With Sputnik V Claim

      The girl in the photo is not one of Vladimir Putin's daughters who has reportedly been administered Sputnik V, the Russian COVID-19 vaccine.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  17 Aug 2020 7:43 PM IST
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      Vladimir Putins 2012 Visit To Cancer Centre Viral With Sputnik V Claim
      A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at a table with his daughter, who he announced in August 2020 had taken part in a novel coronavirus vaccine trial in Russia. The posts go on to claim that the COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia will "save the world from corona". The claims are misleading; the photo in fact shows the Russian leader sitting next to a young patient from a Moscow medical centre during a visit to the Kremlin in 2012; on August 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was looking forward to reviewing clinical trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed in Russia, which it listed as being in the first stage of development.


      The photo was published here on Facebook on August 11, 2020.

      The Sinhala-language text below the images translates to English as: "After producing a vaccine that will save the whole world from corona, Putin administered the vaccine on his own daughter that he loves to ensure its safety and to show the world that the vaccine is safe. Dear little girl, thank you for the service you and your father did for this world".

      The post's Sinhala-language caption reads: "Thank you Putin Sir, for the service done for the world".

      Screenshot of the Facebook post published on August 11, 2020

      The post was published just hours after Russia announced it was the first country to approve a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. At a meeting with government ministers on August 11, Putin said that one of his daughters was inoculated with the vaccine as part of a medical trial.

      Also Read: This Video Does Not Show Vladimir Putin's Daughter Receiving COVID-19 Shots

      The WHO said on August 12 it was looking forward to reviewing clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine. It says 28 of more than 150 potential vaccines are currently being actively tested on humans worldwide, among which six have reached Phase 3, the final stage when candidate drugs are tested on large groups of people. Russia's vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya research institute and the defence ministry, is among the 28 in clinical evaluation but is listed by the WHO as only being in Phase 1, AFP reported here.

      The image was also shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook here and here.

      The claim, however, is misleading.

      A reverse image search on Google found the photo in fact shows a young girl who was a patient at a Moscow oncology centre. She was photographed sitting next to Putin during a visit to the Kremlin in May 2012.

      The photo was published on the Kremlin's official website here in a post titled "Vladimir Putin met with a girl undergoing treatment at a children's oncology center".

      Screenshot of the image from the misleading post featured in Kremlin's official website in 2012

      According to the official press release, Putin welcomed "8-year-old Sonya from Pskov, a patient at the Federal Clinical Centre for Child Oncology, Haematology and Immunology, and her parents" to the Kremlin on May 9, 2012.

      The report adds that Putin met Sonya at the oncology centre's opening ceremony in 2011 and later promised her that she could visit the Kremlin.

      Photos from Putin's meeting with Soyna and her parents were also released by RIA Novosti, Russia's state-owned news agency, and published by AFP here, here, here and here.

      The features of the girl in the photograph do not match images of Putin's daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonovam, which can be seen here in a BBC news report and here in a report by The Guardian.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      putinValdimir PutinCOVID-19Sputnik VSputnik VaccineCoronavirus VaccineMaria VorontsovaKaterina TikhonovamWorld Health OrganisationWHOCoronavirus Pandemic
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      Claim :   Vladimir Putin photographed with his daughter after she was administered Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia.
      Claimed By :  Facebook posts
      Fact Check :  False
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