On December 18, Euronews quoted a post in Chinese on social network The post included a video of Mr. Putin attaching a medal and then shaking hands with a young person wearing a military uniform.
The author of the article said that this happened “while the leaders of other countries hid their children”. A series of Chinese-language accounts on social networking platforms also gave similar information.
The post said Mr. Putin took his children to the front line in Ukraine with a misleading video
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However, the above information was verified to be false and the caption for the video was misleading. When compared with RIA Novosti’s photo database, an image appeared with the same young man shaking hands with Mr. Putin, identified as Lieutenant Stepan Belov. The video and images spread on social networks are actually the event of Mr. Putin awarding the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Lieutenant Belov, at a ceremony in December 2022 to award awards to outstanding Russians in the field. many different fields.
RIA Novosti’s photo archive verified that the person shaking hands with Mr. Putin was Lieutenant Stepan Belov
The Kremlin’s website also posted a video of the above event and determined that the character that many social network users rumored to be “Mr. Putin’s son” was actually Mr. Belov. It is unclear whether this person has any connection to Mr. Putin or not, but there is no evidence that Mr. Stepan Belov is the son of the Russian president.
There are still many mysteries surrounding President Putin’s family. He previously confirmed that he has two daughters, Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova.
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