The dubious Albanian-language content portal "banglacontent24.com" today (August 5) published an article claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin has passed away.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, the title of this article turns out to be a false claim that does not correspond to reality.
The article published on the dubious portal is titled “World Media, Putin Has Passed Away, Here Are the Facts That Are Shaking the World” and raises claims about the possibility of Putin’s death. The content of the article is based on a news story on the British information portal dailystar.co.uk on the claim of Putin's death.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "banglacontent24.com":
Excerpt from the article published on "Banglacontent24.com":
British intelligence chiefs have made a bombshell statement regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin. They believe President Putin may already be dead. Senior MI6 chiefs say the Russian president has been seriously ill and that if he were dead, his cronies would lock him up to hold on to power for as long as possible.
The content of the article published in Albanian is based on an article published by the British media "dailystar.co.uk” (May 28) which only raises the dilemma over Putin's death, based on some suspicions raised by, as claimed, British intelligence sources. The news published by the British media “dailystar.co.uk” claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from an illness and if he were to die, this would not be made public. The article raises claims that he may even be dead because in cases of health concerns he has used sozial, which could still be used by the Kremlin now.
Hibrid.info has previously covered such allegations about the serious health condition of Russian President Putin (here), but which have proven to be unfounded.
Analyze:
The dubious portal "Banglacontent24.com" has published an article that talks about the possibility that the Russian president may already be dead.
But this article has been given a fabricated title claiming that Putin is dead.
From the fact-checking analysis based on the working methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.