"Make peace or die" deepfake
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On Jan. 27, Andrey Isayev, a member of Russia's State Duma (the lower house of parliament), accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trying to "rudely" force Russian President Vladimir Putin to start peace negotiations with Ukraine.
Speaking on the primetime show 60 Minutes on Rossia-1, the country's most-watched state-owned TV channel, Isayev said Trump reminded Putin about the fate of Libya’s ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi, lynched by a mob after a rebellion overthrew him in 2011.
Instead of threatening Putin, Trump should remember the fate of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Isayev said, adding that the incumbent American president already faced several assassination attempts.
"Trump threatened our president rather rudely, it must be said, pressuring to start the negotiations and reminding of Gadhafi’s fate."
The claim is false.
The quote, Isayev attributed to President Trump, comes from a deepfake video created by Ukrainian bloggers and shared on the Telegram messaging platform.
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