Fact Checks

"Kenya is a safe haven for many people and has been for many years and will be for years to come."

"[T]here are no means of countering such weapons [hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik] today. … It is impossible."

"The resolution was a clear sign of reducing the noble concept of human rights to a tool for exerting political pressure on independent nations."

"[The Malian army] has achieved in two years what foreign organizations, including MINUSMA, have not been able to achieve in 12-13 years."

“Every escalation between China and the Philippines — without exception — has been caused by Philippine provocations and violation of China’s sovereignty. Calm will return once the Philippines stops those activities.”

“In the history of our relations with the African continent, there has never been any shadow – never; we have never exploited African peoples, nor been engaged in anything inhumane on the African continent.”

“Rather than respecting her dignity and focusing on the mental health challenges she was facing, these groups saw an opportunity to fuel their anti-government agenda.”

“[W]e have always recognized the borders of Ukraine within the framework of our agreements after the collapse of the Soviet Union. … But later, as is known, the Ukrainian leadership amended the Basic Law and announced its desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and we did not agree to this.”

"They [the U.S.] are now direct beneficiaries of the instability in the Congo, looting the natural resources of that country to benefit U.S. companies and their allies."

"These [Moldovan presidential] elections were neither democratic nor fair. They were full of electoral manipulations."

"American newspapers, the bigwigs of the media business, refuse to support any candidate in the U.S. elections one after another. This time they cannot support anyone, because both have the stamp 'Russian.'"

"…it was not Russia's actions that precipitated the escalation in Ukraine, but rather the 2014 coup d’etat, supported primarily by the United States. It was even publicly disclosed how much financial support the then U.S. administration allocated toward preparing and orchestrating this coup.”