Fact Checks
Saturday 30 November 2024
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Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin spokesman
We are watching this closely, but we have never interfered in this in any way, and we are not interfering now.
Read more...Russia's efforts to amplify political divisions in the United States and influence the November 5 presidential election are well-documented. -
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Birhanu Jula
Ethiopia Chief of General Staff
"Egypt made us landlocked by causing Eritrea to secede from Ethiopia."
Read more...Egypt ruffled Ethiopia’s feathers after Cairo sent military aid to Somalia, which had accused Ethiopia of planning to annex its territory. The two countries are locked in yet another battle over a dam Addis Ababa has been constructing on a major tributary of the Nile River. -
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Abbas Araghchi
Iranian foreign minister
“Iran has NOT delivered ballistic missiles to Russia. Period.”
Read more...Iranian officials have previously touted delivery of missiles to Russia, while Moscow has used Iranian drones to wreak havoc across Ukraine. -
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Maria Sarungi Tsehai
Social media influencer
@SuluhuSamia through her security has overseen the abductions of opposition leaders and activists, threatened activists like @TitoMagoti and she is on a roll! THEY WANT TO SPREAD FEAR! She is not stopping or slowing down as elections are looming and internal polls show her unpopular …
Read more...Investigations by international human rights groups and witness testimonies provide evidence of government agencies' involvement in the disappearances of at least three prominent opposition figures as well as mass arrests. -
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Fikrejesus Amahazion
Educator and research analyst, Eritrea
“China and its positive constructive relationship with Africa has delivered myriad tangible benefits to both sides.”
Read more...Through its “debt trap diplomacy,” China became the major shareholder controlling most of African natural resources, infrastructure and other assets. Beijing-owned businesses in Africa practice child labor, fund violent insurgency, and sustain corruption, illegal trade and money laundering. -
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Leonid Slutsky
Chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the Russian parliament’s lower house
U.S. sanctions against the media group Rossiya Segodnya, RIA Novosti, RT and Sputnik are a clear example of a ‘witch hunt,’ pressure on freedom of speech and vulgar censorship.
Read more...The U.S. Justice Department indicted RT employees for FARA violations and money laundering in a $10M “malicious influence campaign” meant to upend American society and impact the outcome of the presidential election. The State Department imposed visa restrictions and labeled Rossiya Segodnya and its subsidiaries as Foreign Missions. The Treasury sanctioned 10 individuals. -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
“[I]f someone raises questions about why such closeness [between Mongolia and Russia] — well, probably, these are the people who once again began to slip Nazi overtones into their actions, not only their thoughts, which is reflected in support for the Kyiv regime.”
Read more...The United States and European Union expect Mongolia to adhere to its commitments as a state party to the International Criminal Court to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged war crimes charges. -
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Andrei Kelin
Russia’s Ambassador to the UK
"We understand very well that this [the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov] is a big blow to freedom of speech. ... What they are trying to achieve -- of course, Paris did it on certain advice from the United States -- they want the keys to this messenger."
Read more...French law enforcement accuse Durov of withholding information critical to criminal investigations. There is no evidence suggesting U.S. involvement in his arrest. -
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Lin Jian
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson
“People of all ethnic groups in China are equal and their legitimate rights and interests are fully protected. Xinjiang today enjoys social stability and economic growth and the people there live a happy life. It is at its best in history where people of all ethnic groups are working together for a better life.”
Read more...Beijing continues to stonewall efforts to address its well-documented abuse of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. -
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Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova, Russian propaganda tabloid
Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova, Russian propaganda tabloid
How schoolchildren in Moldova will be brainwashed starting September 1: The Ministry of Education has scribbled down a manual on instilling hatred towards Russia in children.
Read more...The new "Together for Peace" lecture, to be held once annually as the first lecture of the school year, is designed to teach public school students compassion, peace and unity, not hatred. -
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African Stream
Online news media organization
“It is now a bipartisan tradition for each new U.S. president, whether Republican or Democrat, to rain drone bombs down on the East African country in which millions of civilians are simply struggling to survive.”
Read more...The U.S. conducts drone strikes in Somalia to protect civilians from terrorists. Groups such as al-Shabab terrorize communities and entire regions, systematically targeting, killing and harming scores of civilians. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin spokesperson
"I read information from the agency staff that he was not a journalist, but some kind of security advisor. I repeat once again: strikes are carried out on military infrastructure, or facilities in one way or another related to military infrastructure."
Read more...International law and the law of warfare protect all members of press crews as civilians. Russia has a documented history of targeting foreign journalists as part of a broader effort to control the narrative over its war in Ukraine.
