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Vladimir Solovyov
TV commentator, Russia
“To those who watch us, I now give you an opportunity to see footage from Nagorno Karabakh. This is a fragment of a surface-to-air fight, when they are trying to shut down airplanes. When you watch this, you'd think these are some Star Wars, so beautiful, not realizing that behind every such launch there are people's lives."
Read more...The footage Solovyov showed came from a video game called “Arma 3,” not Nagorno-Karabakh. -
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Chinese Foreign Ministry
"Ipsos survey: China, the happiness leader in 2020.”
Read more...China cites a survey to claim it is the global leader in happiness, but, over the last couple of years, a reputable U.N. report has ranked the country low in happiness -
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RT (Russia Today)
Russian state-owned media outlet
“Moscow insisted that the probe ignored a large batch of data on the crash that Russia was eager to provide, instead relying largely on the evidence from Ukraine, and on ‘open-source’ information such as clips of purported evidence posted on social media.”
Read more...Russia provided radar data on the 2014 airliner tragedy, then said it was faulty. Other evidence confirms the plane was shot down. -
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Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad
Ayatollah of Isfahan, Iran
“The misunderstanding of this example and the incorrect mentality of some media outlets caused them to divert public opinion from the main issues and problems of the country by fragmenting the mentioned speech, lying and inducing self-made material.”
Read more...The Iranian media correctly quoted the de-facto governor of the city of Isfahan as calling for violence against women who wear hijab “improperly.” -
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TASS
Russian state news agency
“Entrepreneur files lawsuits against Navalny and his supporters”
Read more...The article leaves out Yevgeny Prigozhin’s ties to the Kremlin, that he is sanctioned by the United States and key details of his business. -
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Sameera Khan
Social media celebrity
“Which Hollywood [expletive] thought it would be a good idea to cast an Israeli actress as Cleopatra (a very bland looking one) instead of a stunning Arab actress like Nadine Njeim? And shame on you, Gal Gadot. Your country steals Arab land & you’re stealing their movie roles...”
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![Hikmet Hajiyev]()
Hikmet Hajiyev
Advisor to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
“Armenia's kamikadze dron[e] was successfully destroyed by Azerbaijan's air defence forces. Dron[e] was whirling around civilian area. More civilian lives saved. Armenia's state terror continues.”
Read more...The drone appears to be a HAROP, an Israeli-made model used by Azerbaijan’s forces, not those of Armenia. -
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Russian Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Sergey Lavrov pointed out that any attempts to make a political issue out of the so-called Navalny case, including within the OPCW, were unacceptable...”
Read more...Russia continues to dispute that opposition figure Alexey Navalny was poisoned despite confirmation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
