A photo of Russian president Vladimir Putin has been digitally altered on social media to purportedly show the president reading the autobiography of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan. But the image is doctored.
On January 6, a verified account posted a photo on Twitter with the following caption: “The world reads Imran Khan,” the account tweeted, “We are very lucky to have a leader like Imran Khan.”
عمران خان کو دنیا پڑھتی ہے اور ہم بہت خوش نصیب ہیں کہ ہمیں عمران خان جیسا لیڈر ملا
شکر الحمداللہ رب العالمین pic.twitter.com/oVebHLkav6— ماہ نور ملک (@Mahnoor2662) January 6, 2023
Putin is shown holding an autobiography written by Imran Khan, titled, “Pakistan: A Personal History”, which was published in 2011.
In the image another book can be seen lying on the desk next to Putin, which is a biography of Khan, written by B.J. Sadiq in 2017, titled, “Let There Be Justice: The Political Journey of Imran Khan.”
This tweet has been viewed over 99,000 times and has received 4,997 likes, so far.
On February 21, another Twitter account posted the same photo with the text: “Russian president Putin studying the book written by Imran Khan.”
ایسے شخص کا فالوور ہوں جس کو دنیا ملنے سے پہلے اسکی کتابیں پڑھتی ہے❤
روسی صدر پیوٹن مرشد ???? عمران خان کی لکھی ہوئی کتاب کا مطالعہ کرتے ہوئے ❣️ pic.twitter.com/Kgs2xdxMky— Robinson Aziz Francis (@RobinsonAzizPTI) February 21, 2022
Fact
The picture of the Russian president Vladimir Putin was taken on June 14, 2016, in Moscow, where he can be seen reading books about Russia, not about Imran Khan.
A reverse image search on Google reveals that in 2016 Putin visited the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he was presented with two books. One book was about the development of Russian civilization and the other about the theory of population growth. Both can be seen in the photo.
Pictures from the day were posted on the official website of the Russian president as well.
