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Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t release a video aimed at the American people in which he speaks in English about democracy. The video is a deepfake created in 2020 for an ad campaign ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

"America. You blame me for interfering with your democracy but I don’t have to. You are doing it to yourselves," says the voice attributed to Putin in the clip."Polling stations are closing. You don’t know who to trust. You are divided. There are strings we can pull.

But we don’t have to. You are pulling them for us."and shows a split screen with a man watching and the text"Listen here!" appearing at the top. The video features what appears to be Putin speaking in an eastern European accent and standing at a lectern featuring the Russian coat of arms.

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