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Fake news amid tensions between Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron

By France24
10 February 2022   |   8:00 am
Monday's meeting between the Russian and French presidents in Moscow gave rise to a lot of photoshopped content on social media - mostly sufficiently far-fetched so as not to be believable. We take a closer look. We also take a look at some convincing fake news stories that have been doing the rounds about Russia's current tensions with Ukraine and NATO.

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