Snopes Debunker - We looked at rumors about Putin's supposed cancer surgery, Ian McKellen and Ukraine, and Finnish tanks

​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker May 5, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser Today: We looked at rumors about Putin's supposed cancer surgery, Ian McKellen and Ukraine, and Finnish tanks ​ Is Putin Preparing To Hand Over Power To Undergo Cancer Surgery? Early this month, various news outlets reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing to transfer power temporarily while he supposedly undergoes and recovers from surgery for an unspecified form of cancer. Bethania Palma reports. Read Now Help Snopes Today Your subscription to the Snopes Debunker is just one of many ways your can support our team and back our mission. $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $200 ​View More Options Fact Checks and Original Reporting Did Ian McKellen Visit Lviv, Ukraine? Social media posts said the "Lord of the Rings" actor traveled to Ukraine in 2022. Read Story. No, a Video Doesn’t Show Finland Moving Tanks to the Russian Border The video shows Finnish tanks being transported for a military exercise taking place amid Russian nuclear threats. Read Story. Was Cocaine on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Desk During Video Chat With Elon Musk? A viral video claimed to show cocaine on the Ukrainian president's desk as he video-called the billionaire. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Amber Heard Testifies She Was Assaulted by Johnny Depp Depp, 58, is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote a December 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Read More Fed Raises Key Rate by a Half-Point in Bid to Tame Inflation The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point. Read More Intuit to Pay $141M Settlement over ‘Free’ TurboTax Ads The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services. Read More

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