Polygraph
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![Xi Jinping]()
Xi Jinping
President of the People's Republic of China
“In a verbal message to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Xi said China strongly rejects any attempt by external forces to provoke unrest and instigate ’color revolutions‘ in Kazakhstan…”
Read more...There is no evidence the protests, sparked by fuel prices, were “provoked” by external forces. Kazakhstan has good relations with the West. -
![Hassan Nasrallah]()
Hassan Nasrallah
secretary-general of Hezbollah
“The United States is responsible for the war in Syria.”
Read more...Bashar al-Assad’s use of brutal force to save his regime is what ignited a full-scale civil war that has cost more than 350,000 lives. -
![Maria Zakharova]()
Maria Zakharova
Spokesperson, Russian foreign ministry
“There are no negotiations yet being held on the topic of the official recognition of the transitional government in Afghanistan.”
Read more...In October, Russia invited the Afghan Taliban to talks in Moscow that included the topic of diplomatic recognition. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Russian presidential spokesman
"These are court decisions. We never comment on court decisions.”
Read more...In fact, President Vladimir Putin had publicly criticized Memorial, one of Russia’s oldest rights groups, as recently as December 9. -
![Recep Tayyip Erdogan]()
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
president of Turkey
“We have started a historic transformation in the economy by launching a process of growth in our country on the basis of investment, employment, production, exporting and current account surplus.”
Read more...Erdogan’s economic policies shook markets, shrank Turkey’s currency and drove inflation to a 19-year high by the end of 2021. -
![Abdel Fattah El-Sisi]()
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
president of Egypt
“We say that Egyptian private companies are the ones that are working in Egypt, and I call these companies to invest in other fields.”
Read more...Since Sisi took power in Egypt, military-owned companies have been encroaching on the civilian economy. -
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Mohammed Khaled Rahmoun
Syrian interior minister
"Syria plays an important role in supporting the International Community's efforts in combating crime in general, especially fighting drugs trade."
Read more...Multiple investigations allege the involvement of state actors and President Bashar al-Assad's relatives in drug trafficking. -
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Chinese Embassy, London
Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom
“The accusation that China implemented ‘coercive economic policies’ is totally groundless.”
Read more...China hasn’t hesitated to use trade, tourism and investment to punish countries that challenge its political and strategic interests. -
![Sergei Ryabkov]()
Sergei Ryabkov
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
“The Budapest Memorandum concerns security guarantees for Ukraine as a non-nuclear state … [A]ll guarantees have been provided and observed.”
Read more...The historic 1994 agreement is in tatters after Russia annexed Crimea, fed a bloody separatist war and now has troops poised on the border. -
![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential spokesman
"Probably, we are talking about the mistake of those who wrote this text. Because this is impossible. There are no Russian armed forces on the territory of the self-proclaimed republics."
Read more...Russian pro-separatist engagement in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region is well documented. A new court record adds more evidence. -
![Li Jingjing, CGTN reporter]()
Li Jingjing, CGTN reporter
"Well, I don't know whether you look(ed) into CGTN's other work, whether on television or social networks, because if you did, you would notice that I'm really not a key role."
Read more...Li obfuscates Chinese state media's promotion of sympathetic foreign social media influencers, as exposed by The New York Times. -
![Anatoly Glaz]()
Anatoly Glaz
Press secretary for Belarus Foreign Ministry
“The world still remembers well the events of 2015-2016, when refugees spent months sheltering under the open sky in European capitals. Not to mention the ongoing loss of life in the Mediterranean region, the English Channel and the Polish forests.”
Read more...The refugee crisis was largely caused by Russia and its intense bombing campaign to help Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad in the civil war.
