A YouTube video claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin had sent a letter to help former president Rodrigo Duterte be released from detention in The Hague, Netherlands. This is not true. Putin has made no such commitment.
Uploaded on April 6, the video bore the following headline:
“HaLa May Reresbak! May Letter ng Dumating TutuL0ng nasi Putin? PRRD Palalabasin na? BBM Kinarma na?
(Oh no, someone will fight back! A letter came saying Putin will help? PRRD will be released? BBM got karma?)”
Its thumbnail bore photos of Putin, Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., along with a text that read:
“PUTIN HUMAKBANG NA? MAY PINADALA NG LETTER, PUTIN ILALABAS NA SI PRRD? LAGOT BBM AT ICC?
(Putin has moved? Sent a letter, Putin will free PRRD? BBM and ICC in trouble?)”
Putin, who is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), has neither expressed support for Duterte nor issued any pronouncement about helping him to be released.
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