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Mustafa Sentop
Speaker, Turkey’s parliament
“Mr. President will run for the second time … President Erdogan’s candidacy is in question for the second time, not the third time.”
Read more...Turkey’s constitution limits Erdogan to two terms. But that doesn’t count terms served before he changed the constitution. -
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
“In our view what is now happening in Donbas is genocide.”
Read more...There has never been evidence of legal “genocide” against Ukraine’s population in Donbas. -
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Southern Military District press service
Russian Ministry of Defense press service
“The units of the Southern Military District that have completed accomplishing their tasks as part of scheduled tactical exercises at combined arms practice ranges on the Crimean Peninsula have begun returning to their permanent bases.”
Read more...Observers see no significant Russian withdrawal from Ukraine’s borders. Some units are returning to their bases – along the Ukrainian border. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“For days, the U.S. has been playing up the threat of war and creating an air of tension. This has gravely impacted the economy, social stability and people’s lives in Ukraine.”
Read more...Following the Kremlin’s lead, Beijing ignores the threat from Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, not to mention provocations in Donbas. -
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Denis Golenko
Press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv
“Work is proceeding on a regular schedule. Nothing extraordinary is happening here.”
Read more...It’s hardly “regular” to evacuate all non-essential personnel and (analysts say) burn documents. -
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Dirar al-Dandal
police chief in Deraa province
“The police did not interfere because our aim [was] to preserve the child's life after the kidnappers threatened to kill him.”
Read more...Syrian police did not act to find the child when the family reported his kidnapping but rushed to take credit after his story went viral and he was ransomed. -
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
“Opportunities to peacefully restore the territorial integrity of [Ukraine] through direct dialogue with Donetsk and Luhansk are still ignored.”
Read more...Dialogue with pro-Russian militants in Donetsk and Luhansk is seen as pointless as they answer to Moscow; Putin ignores Russia’s illegal territorial grab of Crimea. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson
“China has no interest in and has never interfered in Australia’s internal affairs.”
Read more...The Australian government passed new legislation targeting foreign interference following revelations about Chinese political activities in Australia. -
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Margarita Simonyan
Editor-in-chief, RT (Russia Today)
“…[I]f Russia is compelled to interfere with what’s happening in Ukraine, [it will only be] with the goal of ending the war in Ukraine, not to start a war in Ukraine.”
Read more...Propaganda chief sticks to Kremlin playbook, drumming up Nazi fears and denying Russian aggression against Ukraine. -
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Hu Yuwei and Fan Lingzhi
"BBC's China-Nepal border dispute hype a 'smear campaign’"
Read more...Inhospitable terrain, lack of access and politics complicate efforts to verify Chinese incursions into Nepal. But there's evidence something’s happening. -
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el-Tahir Abu Haja
Spokesman, Sudan’s Sovereign Council
“The arrest of members of the Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC) was conducted on legal basis.”
Read more...The arrests are political. Military rulers are going after critics and opponents. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential Spokesman
"Because France is both an EU member and currently holding EU presidency, what’s more, France is a NATO member, where it doesn’t hold leadership – another country holds this bloc’s leadership. So, what kind of deals can you talk about?"
Read more...NATO decision making is done by consensus. NATO is not “led” by any single member country.
