Polygraph
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China is parroting a falsehood from Russia. It’s the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine that is threatening to aggravate world food shortages.
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“Such articles are purely unfounded and involve unscrupulous methods such as the fabrication of facts. The goal clearly is to tarnish Russia’s image.”
‘Purely unfounded’? In fact, allegations of rights abuses and destabilizing activities by Wagner's private military forces are abundant and well-documented. -
“[Maria Butina] was unfairly held in prison for over 18 months, abused, harassed and tortured.”
Butina served 15 months in prison on foreign-influence charges and never complained of torture. Griner is serving 9 years for possessing a small amount of hashish oil. -
“The regular strikes on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by the Ukrainian military create the danger of a major nuclear disaster that could lead to radiation contamination of vast territories.”
Russia has reportedly mined the plant, stationed troops there, fired artillery from the site, stored ammunition there and parked military vehicles next to reactor buildings. -
“The corruption cartels are prepared to compromise the electoral system, bribe electoral officials, make the security system look the other way or even kill …”
Observers said Kenya’s voting was free and fair. Odinga played a similar game when he lost two other elections. -
“There has never been 'forced labor’ in Xinjiang.”
Despite Beijing’s best efforts to halt investigations into forced labor allegations, evidence keeps piling up. -
“[T]he vast majority of foreign businesses remain fully confident in the Chinese market.”
China’s stringent COVID policies have made foreign businesses far from “fully confident” about doing business there. -
“We seriously and definitively deny the connection between Salman Rushdie's assailant and the Islamic Republic.”
Iran denies any connection to the attack against author Salman Rushdie, but Tehran revived the fatwa targeting him in 2005. -
“We have taken the decision to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine, a decision which is in full conformity with the Charter of the United Nations."
Russia's invasion of Ukraine violates the U.N. Charter. No one threatened the security of Russian state, and it’s Russia who stands accused of committing atrocities. -
“[T]he incumbent government ‘is doing its best to maintain the rule of law, national security, and stability.’ ”
To seize and hold power, Myanmar’s military has eroded stability and stamped out rule of law with systematic violence. -
“We come to draw a conclusion that we can no longer overlook the uninterrupted influx of rubbish from South Korea.”
In fact, the virus could have entered North Korea from China, and Pyongyang’s poor health system and rejection of vaccine aid worsened matters. -
“The fall of ‘Saint Javelin’: Why the Javelin has proven ineffective in Ukraine.”
The supposedly leaked material is not from Raytheon, and Ukraine has used Javelins to destroy Russia’s best tanks.