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On 18 April 2017, the web site How Africa reported that a writer named Louri Michaelevitch, who purportedly claimed to be Russian President Vladimir Putin's lover, was found dead in an apartment in Zurich, Switzerland. This is the latest incarnation of an old, entirely fake story that, since 2014, has been published by the fake news sites Top USA News Politics and World News Daily Report. The photo included in the How Africa article, purportedly of Michaelevitch, in fact appears to show Russian-American figure skater Peter Tchernyshev. Anything published by World News Daily Report should be viewed with extreme skepticism. The site's disclaimer makes it clear that all its content is satirical and fictional:
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