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Fact check: Polar Bear Hoax - How a fake site framed Merz in viral clip | DW News
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as posted by the channelA video and news article claim Friedrich Merz killed polar bears in Canada. But the footage is fake, and part of a wider Russian disinformation campaign called Storm-1516.
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