Claim: 'Shirtless Putin on a panda' image was used by The Economist as a cover for the March 19th, 2022 issue, illustrating the Russia-China relationship.
Fact-check: Misleading: 'Shirtless Putin on a panda' image was not used by the Economist | annie lab
Verdict: the image is one of the mock-up designs explored by the magazine. the published cover features only putin's face overlapping the face of chinese president xi jinping.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Molpasorn Shoowong;Anne Chan
Date published: 2022-03-25T09:43:40