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Claims that President Putin called the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, a “globalist terrorist” have been shared widely on social media. But there’s no evidence this is true. 

The WEF is a foundation headquartered in Switzerland that engages with governments and business leaders on global issues. 

Claims about Putin’s alleged remarks appear to have come from an article on a website named The People’s Voice, which multiple posts have linked to, shared a screenshot of or copied text from directly. 

The article has the headline: “Putin Warns ‘Globalist Terrorist’ Klaus Schwab His ‘Days Are Numbered”, and it goes on to claim President Putin made these comments during a speech at the 20th meeting of the

A video being shared on social media falsely claims President Putin declared the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, a “legitimate military target”. 

In the video, a man says: “According to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, speaking at the plenary session of the 20th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin declared that globalists, including Schwab, and his close advisors are legitimate military targets”. 

Mr Putin supposedly added that this is because they have been “shamelessly attempting to seize power in a globalist coup d’etat”. 

However, English-language transcripts show President Putin did not mention either Mr Schwab or the WEF in his aforementioned speech on 5 October 2023 at the Valdai…