The Albanian news portal "GazetaTema.net" has published an article claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin's party has taken the logo of the Democratic Party of Albania (DP), which is led by Sali Berisha.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this claim by "GazetaTema.net" is not correct, as the illustrative photograph showing the Russian president giving a speech does not contain the logo of his party, but of a public organization in Russia called "Business Russia".
Link to the article published on the portal "GazetaTema.com":
https://www.gazetatema.net/politika/fotot-putini-i-merr-logon-partise-se-sali-berishes-i350045
Hibrid.info has managed to find the official website of this public organization in Russia, founded in 2001, where a logo is seen that resembles that of the Democratic Party in Albania. (see here)
The party which was founded by Vladimir Putin It is called "United Russia" and its logo features the Russian flag and a bear, which is also known as the national symbol of this country. (see here)
This party is currently led by former Russian president and prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev (here). However, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated in 2018 that the Russian president continues to, de facto, lead this party. (see here)
"The president will be at the convention, the president will speak at the convention. And that fact alone suggests that the president still remains the leader of this party, the president still pays great attention and importance to the things that this party does.", Peskov said.
Another additional fact regarding the logo of the Democratic Party of Albania is that the old logo resembles that of the Russian public organization "Business Russia", but since December 2021, the DP has made some changes to it. (see here and here)
This article from "GazetaTema.net" has also been published by other portals such as "Periscope.com","Lajmishqip.net”And“Gazetadita.al".
Analyze:
The portal "GazetaTema.net" has published an article claiming that Putin's party has taken the logo of the Democratic Party of Albania.
This claim turns out to be false, as from fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that the logo appearing in this article belongs to the Russian public organization, "Business Russia", and not to that of Putin's party.
The party founded by Putin and currently led by former President Dmitry Medvedev is called "United Russia" and its logo features the Russian flag and a bear.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.