Claim: A screenshot of a news broadcast showing a lion in the street and reporting that Russia has deployed hundreds of lions to maintain lockdown order is going viral.
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: the claim is false as the photo used in the image was taken in johannesburg, south africa in 2016. moreover, russia has not yet announced a nationwide lockdown.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42