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2025-01-26 11:11:42 UTC - HELPFUL
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Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify confirmed the story is fake. https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1882263866987647414 https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1882253957130805578 Toronto 99 also confirmed the story is fake. https://www.toronto99.com/2025/01/22/false-claims-about-anthony-fauci-being-extradited-to-russia-debunked/ The U.S. does NOT have an extradition treaty with Russia. https://www.muscalaw.com/blog/understanding-united-states-extradition-laws#:~:text=Russia%20%2D%20Russia%20and%20the%20U.S.%20do%20not%20have%20an%20extradition%20treaty%2C%20and%20diplomatic%20tensions%20often%20complicate%20matters%20further https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3181&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part2/chapter209&edition=prelim https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/russian-indictment-and-extradition/ This story is from The People’s Voice, a fake news website. https://web.archive.org/web/20250123002140/https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/putin-demanding-fauci-extradition-for-crimes-against-humanity-as-part-of-ukraine-peace-deal/#:~:text=According%20to%20TASS,the%20Russian%20Federation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People%27s_Voice_(website)#:~:text=The%20People's%20Voice%20(formerly%20known%20as%20NewsPunch%20and%20Your%20News%20Wire)%20is%20an%20American%20fake%20news%20website
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