Polygraph
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![Vasily Nebenzya]()
Vasily Nebenzya
Russian Ambassador to United Nations
“Where did the figure of 100,000 troops, who are located, as you claim, on the Russian-Ukrainian border, come from? Although this is not the case – we have not mentioned or confirmed this figure anywhere.”
Read more...Satellite images show Russia’s deployment of military might near Ukraine’s borders. -
![Sergei Lavrov]()
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
“Unlike US, #Russia deploys military forces only upon request from host countries. We fulfil [sic] agreements with them and abide by international law.”
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![Leap Chanthavy]()
Leap Chanthavy
Phnom Penh-based political analyst and commentator
"ASEAN is divided over Myanmar is true, but Cambodia is dividing ASEAN over Myanmar is false.”
Read more...Cambodian Leader Hun Sen appears to have reversed course after his Myanmar visit caused a regional stir. -
![Yevgeny Prigozhin]()
Yevgeny Prigozhin
founder of Concord Management and Consulting
“In Africa, we are witnessing the birth of a new liberation movement.”
Read more...Military takeovers present a business opportunity for Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked tycoon who is widely reported to control Russian mercenary troops. -
![Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]()
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Iran's Foreign Minister
“440 of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are women who play a key role in political, legal, international, and cultural areas.”
Source: Iran Press news agency, January 25, 2022Read more...Iran has no female ambassadors. The majority of women serving in Iran’s foreign ministry are tasked with low-level clerical and office assistant positions. -
![Valery Gnatenko]()
Valery Gnatenko
Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) deputy
“What [weapons] they delivered to us is, by and large, crap from the ‘80s. In Ukraine, there are even better (than Javelin. — Ed.) Skif anti-tank systems. They are more accurate.”
Read more...The United States has not sent Ukraine outdated 1980s weapons; the Javelin anti-tank missile is one of the world's most sophisticated. -
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China Global Television Network
“U.S. residents: China is doing a great job in equitable [wealth] distribution.”
Read more...The jury is still out on whether China will manage to narrow its massive divide in wealth equality. -
![Kais Saied]()
Kais Saied
president of Tunisia
“Freedoms in Tunisia are guaranteed today more than [at] any other time.”
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![Zhao Lijian]()
Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“In pursuing fugitives and recovering stolen assets, China’s judicial and law-enforcement authorities strictly abide by international rules, fully respect the judicial sovereignty of other countries… ”
Read more...Strong evidence shows China’s efforts to force “fugitives” to return is anything but above board. -
![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential Spokesman
"All these statements can contribute to the destabilization of the situation … [by] the Ukrainian leadership, who on the sly, if you will, can decide to start a new civil war in their country and try to solve the problem of the southeast.”
Read more...It is Russia, not Ukraine, that is threatening a military offensive, and Ukraine’s “civil war” is a Russian-fed incursion in Donbas. -
![Sergei Naryshkin]()
Sergei Naryshkin
Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service
“The main role in these actions is played by the U.S. Department of State, which coordinates all the anti-Chinese activity on the subject of the Olympics by the non-governmental organizations and media it controls.”
Read more...Russia sees a plot rather than acknowledge independent reporting by civil society groups and news media. -
![Ren TV, Russian TV channel]()
Ren TV, Russian TV channel
“Former senior aide to U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Harald Malmgren, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the smartest politician on the world stage.”
Read more...The report omits a crucial qualifier: Malmgren wrote that while Putin was smarter than most politicians, his thinking was like that of a mafia boss.
