Fact Checks
Monday 29 July 2024
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![Nikolai Patrushev]()
Nikolai Patrushev
Putin aide, former Security Council secretary and FSB director
“Russia does not interfere in the internal political life of other states.”
Read more...To project influence, Moscow habitually goes beyond diplomacy, using malicious hybrid strategies and, in some instances, wars of aggression. -
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William Ruto
Kenyan president
"I want to call out those who are behind the anarchy in Kenya, those who are behind sponsoring chaos in the Republic of Kenya, shame on them because they are sponsoring violence against our democratic nation. I want to ask the Ford Foundation if that money they are giving out to fund violence, how is it going to benefit them?"
Read more...There is no evidence that the Ford Foundation has been sponsoring protests, but there is ample evidence that it has sponsored human rights groups, journalists and government officials to address Kenyan issues. -
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Russian Defense Ministry
"At the approach of the Russian fighter jets, the American strategic bombers conducted a U-turn from the state border of the Russian Federation."
Read more...Two U.S. strategic bombers were flying to the Black Sea coast air base in Romania. They did not change course when approached by Russian aircraft over international waters and arrived at their destination on schedule. -
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Vyacheslav Volodin
Chairman, Russian State Duma
“Russia has become the fourth world economy and the largest European economy. … [T]he USA have lost their leading position and dropped to second place.”
Read more...In the internationally accepted economic ranking by nominal GDP, the U.S. remains the world’s leading economy, while Russia ranks 11th. Volodin referred to Russia’s ranking by the purchasing power parity, or PPP, not the actual size and strength of the economy. -
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Chin Malin
Secretary of State and spokesman at the Ministry of Justice
“Their sentencing was based on sufficient facts and full legality, and that process was established through a clear investigation by authorities, which led to their conviction.”
Read more...Dozens of rights groups say activists were prosecuted for award-winning environmental work, while authorities denied defendants due process or right to a fair trial. -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russian foreign minister
“[I]n 2021, V.A. Zelensky, in one of his interviews, ordered those who feel connected to the Russian culture to get out [of Ukraine] to Russia for the sake of the future of their children and grandchildren.”
Read more...Russian FM falsified President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's words. Ukrainian leader said that residents of occupied Donbas and Crimea who want to live in Russia should move to Russia, as Donbas and Crimea will never become Russia. Zelenskyy emphasized that he was not forcing anyone to leave. -
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Paul Kagame
,Rwandan President
''The United States does more mining in Eastern Congo or in Congo than Rwanda can ever do."
Read more...The U.S. does not allow conflict minerals in its territories. The United Nations accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels in exchange for illegally mined Congo minerals. -
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Vzglyad
Russian business newspaper
“The woman who shielded Trump from the bullets turned out to be a Russian karateist.”
Source: vz.ru, July 15, 2024Read more...The woman’s karate coaches told Russian news media they did not recognize their pupil as the U.S. Secret Service agent shielding Trump. -
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Chein Weihua
China Daily EU Bureau Chief, columnist
“Shocking. EU leaders responded more swiftly and strongly to assassination attempt at Trump than they responded at all to the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza.”
Read more...The European Union’s top diplomat condemned violence that affected Palestinian civilians on July 13 two hours before posting about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. -
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RIA Novosti
Russian state news agency
“U.S. Justice Department announced it has detected and destroyed a ‘bot farm’ allegedly publishing online content in the interests of the Russian government. … The West and Western media often voice accusations against RF. No evidence whatsoever is presented in such instances and moving forward such leaks never get confirmed.”
Read more...The U.S. Department of Justice provided detailed evidence linking Russian intelligence to a bot farm. The FBI identified phone numbers, IP addresses, and emails of the FSB and the state-owned media RT (Russia Today) operatives behind the Kremlin disinformation botnet. -
![William Ruto]()
William Ruto
Kenyan President
“To those who are trying to do things from overseas… to organize things… I want to tell them that Kenya is a democratic nation, and this is our country and we are not moving out of Kenya.”
Read more...Rights watchdogs accuse Ruto’s government of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances to quiet opposing voices and deny the Kenyan people their constitutional rights. -
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Xinhua News Agency
China’s state-run news agency
"Yet, more than two years into the Ukraine-Russia conflict, peace still appears distant, serving as an example that the coalition [NATO] is not promoting peace but rather threatening it."
Read more...NATO is helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression. President Vladimir Putin can stop the war at any time by withdrawing his troops but chooses to precondition peace talks with Kyiv's capitulation and surrender of one-fifth of its territory.
