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Sunday 18 April 2021
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"The new American sanctions, baseless in essence, and from that senseless in form, if they are different from the previous anti-Russian actions of the United States, it is in their timing."The new sanctions hit Russia’s ability to borrow from U.S. investors and could get even more painful if other countries go along.
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“Damascus says the U.S. is fully responsible for the adverse outcome of its criminal policies against Syria, calling on Washington to … compensate for the losses the nation has suffered as a result of the American military aggression and troop deployment.”
The Assad regime’s forces have caused most of the casualties and the bulk of the destruction in Syria. -
“The German Institute GEOMAR predicts that Japan Fukushima contaminated nuclear wastewater dumped will pollute half of the Pacific Ocean in 5 days, adding that 3 yrs later, Canada & the U.S. will be affected by the nuclear radiation pollution.”
Despite legitimate concerns, China misrepresents nuke plant data about the likely spread of radioactive waste. -
"The LNA forces are the guarantee of Libya's political, economic and social stability" against “violent acts … ending the presence of foreign fighters and establishing security for the residents."
Haftar and his forces, which are fighting the U.N.-recognized Libyan government in Tripoli, are accused of war crimes and backed by Russian mercenaries. -
“According to the press service of the People's Militia of the Republic, over the past two weeks, 244 military personnel have deserted from positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
There is no evidence to support the desertion assertion, and the Russian-led separatist sources are infamous for spreading disinformation. -
“U.S. blocked Iran’s access to 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine.”
India halted coronavirus vaccine exports under the United Nations-backed COVAX program due to a domestic vaccine shortage and a surge of COVID-19 cases. The move had a global impact but did not target Iran. -
"And now we are actively helping others [with COVID-19], unlike the U.S., which is selfish."
While the Biden administration has been cautious about sharing vaccines, the U.S. has joined a global access effort and pledged $2 billion. -
“Brazilian agribusiness does not deforest the Amazon. It generates clean energy and helps to conserve the forest that occupies 61% of Brazil's territory.”
It has been widely reported and studied that agriculture and livestock greatly contribute to deforestation in the Amazon. -
"It’s certainly hard to imagine someone spreading fake news about the death of a child."
Russia’s proxies in Ukraine’s Donbas conflict area have produced numerous fabricated claims, including purported child deaths. -
“Proud of my dad for spearheading the approval of ivermectin as an affordable drug to fight covid-19. I have friends who recently recovered from the virus who can testify that the drug works and I’m also using it now …”
Clinical trials are needed to prove that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. Until then, using the drug is risky. -
“We in Russia must not allow, will not allow any aggressive, disrespectful demonstration of one's ethnicity towards the representatives of any nationality, nor will we allow any foreign conflicts of this kind ... ”
As with race elsewhere, ethnicity in Russia has been the basis for discrimination, law enforcement profiling and violence against minorities. -
China continues to tout evidence-free U.S.biolab conspiracy to deflect from serious questions about pandemic origins.