Accounts and pages on social media platforms circulated a statement attributed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, with those sharing it claiming he said that the money Bashar al-Assad moved to Russia is not from the Syrian state treasury, but rather part of the Assad family’s inheritance that he inherited from his father.
Kashaf followed up on the circulating report by conducting relevant keyword searches and reviewing credible media outlets and Russian and international news agencies to verify the statement. It found that the claim is entirely baseless, as there is no record of the Russian Foreign Minister making any such statement, and there is no trace of these remarks attributed to him in any official source or accredited media outlet, as of 31 May 2026.
Why is this claim false?
Fabricated official statements: Fabricating statements and attributing them to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the nature of the money Bashar al-Assad moved to Russia, claiming it is a family inheritance rather than from the state treasury, without relying on any official or credible media source, falls squarely within the category of fabricated and false news.
