Polygraph
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![Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB)]()
Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB)
Russian state security agency
"The so-called ‘investigation’ posted on the Internet by A. Navalny about the alleged actions taken against him is a planned provocation aimed at discrediting the FSB of Russia and its employees, the implementation of which would not have been possible without the organizational and technical support of foreign special services."
Read more...Navalny made the phone call using publicly available software. He called to the mobile number, listed in the Russian providers’ database as belonging to a known FSB operative. -
![Vladimir Titorenko]()
Vladimir Titorenko
Russian ambassador to CAR
“Apart from five employees ... there aren’t any other Russian military personnel here.”
Read more...Russian foreign ministry confirmed 300-strong troop deployment to CAR a day after its top officials denied an enlarged military presence. -
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Alex Saab
Colombian businessman
“[T]he only corruption I have seen is from the famous Americans lobbyists who go there and steal millions of dollars from the government promising to fix the situation between the countries.”
Read more...Even former supporters of Maduro’s government have accused it of corruption. Saab himself is detained in Africa on suspicion of money laundering. -
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Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
“This is not some kind of investigation; this is the legalization of materials from the American special services.”
Read more...Bellingcat lays out its case and methods in revealing a Russian security service plot to assassinate opposition leader Alexey Navalny. -
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RIA Novosti
Russian state news outlet
"Journalists are diligently helping the army command to hush up the scandal. None of them accuses the base commanders or the country's leadership, [none of them] generalizes, demands immediate jailing, no one shouts that it’s high time to abolish this terrible contract army, in which 'our children are dying.'”
Read more...A rash of homicides at Fort Hood has been widely covered by the media, including the military specialist press, as were resulting disciplinary actions. -
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U.S. Embassy of the People's Republic of China
Official Twitter account
"In Xinjiang, all citizens enjoy the same rights. It is a completely independent choice of each citizen to believe in, or not believe in, any religion.”
Read more...There is voluminous evidence of widespread persecution of Uighur Muslims and other religious minorities. -
![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin spokesman
“Once again, I can reject these accusations and once again I want to remind you that it was President (Vladimir) Putin who proposed that the American side agree and conclude agreements (with Russia) on cyber security.”
Read more...Kremlin’s rote denials contradict a pile of evidence from new and previously investigated hacks by Russian state actors. -
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Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
"In a letter to me, he [Khodorkovsky] pleaded [guilty] and asked to release him before his prison term ended because his mom was ill and died, and I did that, I pardoned him."
Read more...Ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky never admitted guilt before his fraud conviction and claims he did not admit guilt in his pardon request to Putin. -
![Vladimir Kornilov]()
Vladimir Kornilov
Political analyst
“[D]istortions, lack of references to the source, and outright manipulations constitute the [European Union] ‘database of Russian disinformation’.”
Read more...A pro-Kremlin analyst called an EU media outlet tracking Russian-state disinformation on COVID-19 the “ministry of untruth.” But there is more than enough evidence showing Moscow’s hand in spreading coronavirus conspiracy theories. -
![Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (VTV)]()
Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (VTV)
Venezuela’s government official television station
“Chinese CoronaVac vaccine shows 97 percent efficacy”
Read more...The 97 percent number refers to the rate of people who developed antibodies after vaccination, not whether they were free of infection. -
![Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi]()
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
President, Egypt
“It is not appropriate for you to present the Egyptian state, and everything it does for its people and the stability of the region, as an oppressive regime.”
Read more...On December 2, 17 global rights groups accused the Egyptian government of “brutal” repression. Earlier, the U.N. criticized Egypt for silencing dissent. -
![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential Spokesman
"Achieving sustainable development goals could become one of the elements in the bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington, but it is not. Because this dialogue is generally far from being in the best state right now, and not because of Moscow."
Read more...The major break in U.S.-Russia relations came in 2014 with Russia’s Crimea annexation, followed by its war in Ukraine and U.S. election interference.
