Polygraph
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![Dmitry Medvedev]()
Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, former Russian president and prime minister
“[A] nuclear power's defeat in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war. The nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends."
Read more...Nuclear powers have more than once been defeated in conventional wars that have affected their fate, and that has not led to a nuclear war. -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
“We do not interfere in the internal affairs [of other countries], while President Macron's statement clearly indicates that France regards such interference as possible and resorts to it.”
Read more...The Kremlin’s activities across Africa remain largely in the shadows, but Russia’s record of foreign interference is undeniable. -
![Zabihullah Mujahid]()
Zabihullah Mujahid
Taliban spokesman
“The Ministry of Education assures its people and the international community that the Islamic Emirate considers education essential for every Afghan.”
Read more...In fact, the Taliban have indefinitely suspended higher education for female students. -
![Yevgeny Prigozhin]()
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Founder of the Wagner Group
“The Wagner PMC has not committed any crimes.”
Read more...From Syria to Ukraine and beyond, the Wagner Group has been credibly accused of crimes against humanity. -
![Sergey Lavrov]()
Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
"[T]he United States has created a coalition of nearly all European member states of NATO and the EU and is using Ukraine to wage a proxy war against Russia with the old aim of finally solving the ‘Russian question,’ like Hitler, who sought a final solution to the ‘Jewish question.’ "
Read more...The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a global coalition, is helping Ukraine fight Russian military aggression and never planned or discussed exterminating the Russian people. -
![Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]()
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Speaker of Iran’s Parliament
“IRGC is the biggest and most successful anti-terrorist entity.”
Read more...Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has a record of sponsoring terrorism abroad and brutal repression at home. -
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Sok Eysan
Spokesperson for Cambodian People's Party
“Anyone who breaks the law has no political affiliations in the eyes of the court, which [j]ust takes action against them procedurally and according to law.”
Read more...The Hun Sen government has systematically used Cambodia’s judicial system to target political opposition. -
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Xia Baolong
Director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council
“In today’s Hong Kong, the rule of law is safeguarded, justice is upheld, and the legitimate rights of Hong Kong people are better protected in a safer environment.”
Read more...Hong Kong’s National Security Law has caused drastic damage to judicial independence and human rights. -
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Russian Embassy in Spain
“Massive protests in Paris against the shipment of weapons to Ukraine.”
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![Maria Zakharova]()
Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
“The only thing that connects him with Ukraine is his place of birth.”
Read more...Sergei Korolev, the engineer behind Sputnik and the first human orbital flight, was born in Soviet Ukraine and considered himself Ukrainian. -
![Dmitry Medvedev]()
Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, former Russian president and prime minister
“This is such a monstrous shame that I will not even comment on the paranoia about our state’s nuclear plans.”
Read more...Using crass rhetoric, the former Russian president distorts WWII history to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine. -
![Patriarch Kirill]()
Patriarch Kirill
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church
“This is one nation that came out of the Kyiv Baptismal font, but a very large nation.”
Read more...The religious leader, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, echoes Kremlin claims that Ukraine is not really a separate country from Russia.
