Russian President Vladimir Putin has done some wild things over the years, but he has definitely not unleashed hundreds of lions and tigers to keep his citizens indoors during a coronavirus lockdown.
Social media users have been buzzing about the bizarre — and fake — notion all weekend after several people shared an old photo with a made-up new headline about Russia.
The viral hoax appears to be circulating most rapidly in India, where there are considerably more lions and tigers than there are in Russia.
Several social media posts compare India’s current two-week lockdown to Russia, where they suggest that Putin is taking a more iron-fisted approach. “Vladimir Putin has dropped 800 tigers and lions all over the country to push people to