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![Leonid Kalashnikov]()
Leonid Kalashnikov
State Duma deputy
“I believe that the allocation of $300 million in the United States for military assistance to Ukraine, on the contrary, opens the door for us to help the people at whom they want to shoot with these weapons.”
Read more...Russia was first to supply arms to proxy forces in eastern Ukraine, despite official denials. The support has continued since the war began in 2014. -
![Multiple Japanese mainstream media, including Asahi Shimbun, Japan Times, Tokyo Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun]()
Multiple Japanese mainstream media, including Asahi Shimbun, Japan Times, Tokyo Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun
"The male figure in a South Korean statue dedicated to WWII “comfort women” is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe."
Read more...The male figure represents “anyone who feels bad about what the comfort women went through,” not Abe. -
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Lijian Zhao
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
“Eid Mubarak to all celebrating Eid-Al-Adha today. It’s the second Eid under the pandemic. Stay safe & keep well.”
Read more...In China’s campaign to control ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim groups, celebrating holidays and wearing traditional head coverings can lead to detention. -
![Amir Ali Hajizadeh]()
Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Aerospace Force brigadier general, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps
"During the Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet) war games in south Iran, IRGC successfully launched underground ballistic missiles for the first time in the world."
Read more...A first? Underground launch “silos” have been around since WWII, invented by Nazi Germany. Silos have been used worldwide since. Some say they’re outdated. -
![Mamuka Mdinaradze]()
Mamuka Mdinaradze
Vice Speaker of Georgia’s Parliament
“Facebook has not mentioned the Georgian Dream [party] even once. It has never mentioned a political actor or a political party save the United National Movement.”
Read more...Facebook recently took down accounts linked to the opposition UNM. But last year, it also removed accounts associated with the ruling Georgian Dream party for improper activity. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“… [W]hat relation do the closest relatives of R.A. Kadyrov have to the imputed violations? … I am not going to comment on these trumped-up charges. Moreover, evidence and arguments are traditionally lacking.”
Read more...Evidence supporting alleged human rights violations under Chechen Republic ruler Ramzan Kadyrov’s is abundant. -
![Aleksandr Lukashenko]()
Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belarus president
“The BBC, Radio Free Europe, and so on. Those web streams … They go beyond biased reporting. They call for mass riots.”
Read more...Neither news organization has called for riots. Media bias monitors rate both outlets as neutral and reliable. -
![General Eduardo Pazuello]()
General Eduardo Pazuello
Brazil’s interim health minister
“Regarding how the Ministry of Health proposes [reopening] to work … you have to have screenings everywhere. … If the case is asymptomatic, [the employee] is working, but also doesn’t transmit [the virus].”
Read more...Mounting scientific evidence suggests people who aren’t showing symptoms of COVID-19 can silently spread the virus and seed outbreaks. -
![Liu Xiaoming]()
Liu Xiaoming
Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom
“There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang … People in Xinjiang enjoy a happy life. China is strongly opposed to any torture, persecution and discrimination of people of any ethnic group.”
Read more...The United Nations said China may have arbitrarily detained up to 1.5 million Uighur Muslims under vague terrorism laws. -
![Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi]()
Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi
Egyptian president
“President El-Sisi confirmed Egypt's unwavering strategic position on Libya, which aimed at restoring stability in the country, preserving its national institutions, and preventing further deterioration in Libya’s security situation via curbing illegal foreign interference in the Libyan issue.”
Read more...As al-Sisi spoke with Trump, Egypt’s parliament was voting to approve his request to intervene militarily. -
![Nicolás Maduro]()
Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelan president
“The United States government for three months has been offering 20 million dollars … They gave the order to their puppet, the stupid, to sign a humanitarian agreement with the legitimate government that I preside over. [The] 20 million dollars do not come.”
Read more...Maduro is hairsplitting. Under the agreement he cites, frozen funds have been released to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The $20 million is expected later. -
![Kim Kardashian West]()
Kim Kardashian West
Reality TV star
“Azerbaijan has threatened to bomb the nuclear power plant in Armenia.”
Read more...Azerbaijan’s military did state that it would attack the Metsamor nuclear plant – but only in retaliation for an Armenian attack on its gas and oil facilities.
