What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is a regular bogeyman in online misinformation. We’ve debunked claims that he’s a Nazi who funded antifa and protests in Minneapolis, and that he was behind a news website in Missouri and a lab that developed and released COVID-19.

Now, an Instagram post claimed that in a 2014 CNN interview, Soros admitted to "being behind the political upheaval in Ukraine." 

This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

We found the interview that the post refers to; it doesn’t show Soros admitting responsibility for the current war in Ukraine, as some reading the post might believe.

Soros’ philanthropy is focused on promoting democracy around the world and he is a longtime donor and promoter of liberal and progressive causes.