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![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Russian presidential spokesman
Lifetime presidential immunity from prosecution for crimes in office “… is a practice that is in place in many countries throughout the world and it is rather justified.”
Read more...While many states protect leaders from prosecution while in office, few go so far as a Russian proposal that would indemnify Vladimir Putin for life. -
![Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)]()
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
Syrian state media outlet
“The United States of America and its Western allies have been using their media outlets to publish articles based on fabricated information …under allegations of non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.”
Read more...There is credible evidence that Syrian regime forces have used chemical weapons 345 times since the civil war broke out in 2011. -
![Majid Takht Ravanchi]()
Majid Takht Ravanchi
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
“Recently, in flagrant violation of the Court’s Order, the U.S. has intensified its pressures on the Iranian people in the midst of the pandemic outbreak…”
Read more...The U.N.’s highest court said in 2018 the U.S. should exclude food and medicine from sanctions on Iran, but it didn’t rule against all sanctions. -
![Yu Qun]()
Yu Qun
Deputy director of the Military Diplomacy Research Center at the College of International Relations, National University of Defense Technology, China
“It is unclear whether the Thai young generation, who are currently being used as cannon fodder by the US and its proxies, actually understand that a color revolution is not as beautiful nor peaceful as portrayed.”
Read more...The deputy director of a Chinese military academy embraced an unfounded conspiracy theory that the United States is behind student-led protests for reform. -
![Maria Zakharova]()
Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“The Red Army liberated European nations from the Nazi plague and brought peace and freedom to them.”
Read more...The Red Army did drive the Nazis out of Hungary and other Central/Eastern European countries, but the Soviets ushered in an era of dictatorships. -
![Mohammad Zareian]()
Mohammad Zareian
Iran's representative to the United Nations
“The report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/75/213) has been drafted solely based upon unverified, biased and tendentious sources and is nothing short of politically motivated.”
Read more...The U.N. report on human rights violations contains evidence from the Iranian government, rights groups, media, victims, their families and lawyers. -
![Sergei Lavrov]()
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
“[T]he representatives of Germany and France have initiated another series of illegitimate EU sanctions against Russian citizens. [This] illustrates … their desire to put themselves above the law.”
Read more...Germany and France have the right to issue sanctions enforcing chemical weapons conventions within their borders. -
![Viktor Medvedchuk]()
Viktor Medvedchuk
Ukrainian politician
“Why should our people participate in the experiments of some foreign uncles, if there are those who have already conducted two phases of testing, have confirmed the possibility of using the vaccine and are ready to provide it?”
Read more...Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has not finished final testing, scant data about prior tests has been shared, and there are doubts about whether it works. -
![Hun Sen]()
Hun Sen
Prime Minister of Cambodia
“I only have the ability to stop wars and armed conflicts. But I don’t have the ability to become a preacher to teach a group who attempt to destroy the nation with a color revolution.”
Read more...Amid a controversial political trial, the authoritarian prime minister stirs up talk of U.S.-backed coup to justify suppressing dissent. -
![Nicolás Maduro]()
Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
“In Venezuela, we have given an example of the treatment of the coronavirus for all citizens.”
Read more...Widespread fragility characterizes Venezuela’s coronavirus response, intensified by chronic economic, political and humanitarian crises under Maduro. -
![Various Social Media Accounts]()
Various Social Media Accounts
“I saw someone post this and I couldn't believe it. McDonald’s Azerbaijan's official account promoting the military taking of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Read more...This is a verified McDonald’s Instagram account that posted pro-military pictures about Nagorno-Karabakh. The posts are now removed. -
![Vladimir Putin]()
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
“You say that Russia is actively working, actively interfering. But I say we do not interfere anywhere! Moreover, all those investigations, they led to nothing. They led to the [conclusion] that there is no evidence of interference by Russia.”
Read more...Multiple investigations presented evidence of Russia’s state-sponsored attempts to interfere in the United States presidential elections in 2016 and this year.
