Polygraph
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Newsone
Ukrainian media outlet
“The head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group Leonid Kravchuk actually recognized [the 'Donetsk and Luhansk republics'] as separate states.”
Read more...Kravchuk, who was Ukraine’s first elected president, was referring to negotiations and does not recognize the self-proclaimed rebel “states” in the Donbas region. -
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Global Times
“Look at me, I'm so open-minded and happy now. Do I look like I have been abused? If my liver and kidney were removed, would I have the strength to build such a happy family?”
Read more...Mounting evidence from news investigations to reports by scholars backs claims that China is oppressing Uighur Muslims, not making them happy. -
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Russian Foreign Ministry
“U.S. Embassy in Moscow has shown disregard for diplomatic rules and regulations by actively posting messages on social media in support of unsanctioned protests in Russian cities. In essence, we are talking about encouraging violent actions.”
Read more...The U.S. Embassy in Moscow’s social media condemned Russian state violence against protesters; it has not encouraged violence by protesters. -
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Nicolas Maduro
President of Venezuela
“I can present the medicine that 100 percent neutralizes the coronavirus, Carvativir.”
Read more...The compound Maduro called a “miracle” COVID-19 remedy has not been scientifically vetted. -
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Nicolas Maduro
President of Venezuela
“I see many Venezuelans … who live abroad from the wave of emigration, who went after the [protests] in 2017, 2018, 2019; the National Institute of Statistics estimates that this could reach about 600,000 Venezuelans … Many were misled by social media.”
Read more...Maduro grossly underestimates how many Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic and humanitarian crisis. The United Nations estimates 5.4 million people have fled since 2014. -
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The Kremlin
Russian Presidential Administration
“They discussed vital bilateral and international issues as well as opportunities to cooperate in countering such serious problems as the coronavirus pandemic, and in other areas, including trade and the economy.”
Read more...The Kremlin’s readout of a Biden-Putin phone call omits touchy topics – like the arrest and poisoning of Alexey Navalny. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Russian presidential spokesperson
"We said that it wasn’t true and that speculations about President Putin’s relation to some facilities in Gelendzhik were untrue. It is just a lie.”
Read more...Considerable evidence suggests a palatial estate on the Black Sea was built for Vladimir Putin’s use, even if the Russian president does not own it. -
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Olga Skabeyeva
Russian state TV news presenter
“Oppressors have changed places… Racism in reverse. Now Blacks will teach whites a lesson.”
Read more...A co-host of Russian state television’s popular “60 Minutes” program grossly misrepresents comments made by Lloyd Austin, falsely suggesting he is out for racist revenge. -
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Hua Chunying
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"China committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang’ is a completely false allegation and a malicious farce.”
Read more...Even as China blocks access, evidence mounts of Uighur Muslims being targeted for genocide by means of forced population control. -
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Vyacheslav Volodin
Russian State Duma Chairman
"Colleagues, think again about what happened. The current president, for whom almost 75 million Americans voted, and his supporters, were deprived of a fundamental right – freedom of speech."
Read more...The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, protecting free speech, does not guarantee access to a private speech platform like Twitter or Facebook. -
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Jair Bolsonaro
President of Brazil
“It’s terrible the problem [in Manaus]. Now, we’ve done our part … the minister of health was there Monday and provided oxygen.”
Read more...Public reports assert that Brazil’s health ministry knew of the imminent breakdown of health care in Manaus and didn’t do enough to stop it. -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russian foreign minister
"The Navalny case acquired a foreign policy tone artificially, I would say, and completely unlawfully."
Read more...State-sponsored assassination using a military-grade nerve agent a violation of international law that concerns global community.
