Verdicts

“I cannot rule out (the possibility of the use of climate weapons). America, which is using everything modern technology is capable of, can do this as well. But you can’t use climate weapons against, say, Russia; you can use it against the whole world, but we will suffer the most because of it.”

We fact check six false or misleading claims by made by the Russian Foreign Ministry in its annual review of the Kremlin’s policy initiatives.

"Therefore, on January 9, 2020, the U.S. Navy destroyer, which was on the left from the traffic lane of the Russian Navy ship sailing ahead, grossly violated the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea by maneuvering to cross its course.”

“I am Russian by birth. … I did not restore my citizenship; I always kept it.”

“The version that the plane was shot down by a rocket cannot be true under any circumstances … it is impossible from the scientific point of view.”

“In Russia, the presumption of consent to a posthumous [organ] donation may be introduced.”

"In this situation, we cannot exclude that the American military and intelligence agencies took advantage of the story of the disturbances near the U.S. Embassy in Iraq in their corporate interests and simply framed Donald Trump, who did not fully understand the significance of the figure of Qassem Soleimani, who has the status of a national hero in Iran."

“Sources informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that a fight broke out between Russian soldiers and American ones, as both parties were present in the same area.”

“Not a single country in the world has hypersonic weapons, let alone hypersonic weapons of intercontinental range.”

“The Americans are using ISIS as a scarecrow. At the same time they are feeding ISIS, encourage them, protect ISIS leaders and help them move from one area to another.”

“Vilnius police arrested two U.S. citizens on suspicion of an attempted car theft. Saulius Gagas, chief of the Vilnius County police, said that it is difficult to detect such crimes. But after hard work, two suspects were detained. Lithuania's Prosecutor General Evaldas Pasilis, in turn, called the case ‘extraordinary’.”

"I'm constantly being asked this question: where do they get tanks and heavy artillery? Listen, in many hot spots around the world there are various kinds of conflicts and military campaigns, including with the use of tanks, artillery, and so on. Where does this come from? Apparently, from those structures and states who sympathize with them, but this is their equipment, not foreign. I'd like to draw attention to that."