Information about this appeared on the department's website.
It is noted that the authors of the fake, using neural networks, superimposed text that is completely untrue.
“A deepfake has been generated,” the ministry said.
According to the department, the original video of Lavrov’s interview was used as a basis for a documentary film dedicated to the 25th anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia.
Earlier, Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said that fakes about the terrorist attack in the Moscow region were removed from 200 resources.
Also, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, stated that the United States was preparing many fakes on the eve of and during the voting in the Russian presidential elections.