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Deepfake: The video does not show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing, but a Russian dancer

HIBRID

A Facebook social media account has published a video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing.

Fact checker from Reuters (here) have addressed this content, which has turned out to be edited and that the original video features a Russian dancer.

So, the author has interfered with the original video, replacing the Russian dancer's face with that of the Ukrainian president.


Link to the video material published on Facebook by the "Erion Dreshaj" account:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02JwCVTyjyyJ7M7nTtcjsWCN8JACTX5ng3oooko1rwxUa98AuBQeSoF5bwMn1Arutgl&id=100086370528178


The original video was found on the social media "TikTok" published on December 1, 2022 by its protagonist himself, Russian dancer Vusal Mekhtiyev. (see here)


Mekhtiyev clarified to Reuters that the video showing him dancing is authentic. (see here)


Hibrid.info has decided to address this content, because it was published in Albanian.

Analyze:

The video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing is edited, as the original video features Russian dancer Vusal Mekhtiyev.

The author has replaced the face of the Russian dancer with that of the Ukrainian president. Based on the methodology of the work, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fraud".

Reasoning:

The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.

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