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“China is surrounded by American military labs, and there is a U.S. consulate in Wuhan, the staff of which could have delivered the dangerous cargo to the PRC.”

“I think ‘absurd’ is exactly the right word. The idea that the crown prince would hack Jeff Bezos’ phone is absolutely silly.”

“Hundreds of extermination and death camps where Jews, Slavs, and prisoners of war of other nationalities were purposefully extinguished were located in Poland. This was largely facilitated by the pre-war atmosphere in Poland and the position of the leadership of this country, which fueled anti-Semitic sentiments in society, creating the ground for the subsequent genocide and the Holocaust. And for this, the current leadership of Poland must apologize to the Jews and the whole world.”

“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.”

“You will be judged by God, then you will know what kind of a man he was. Haj Qassem Soleimani, he was a man who prayed all night and fasted all day. He only fights in a place where the enemies of God and humans are, he never lifted his hand against any Muslim, he never lifted a weapon in the face of any Muslim.”

“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.”

“This is how it is today in Iran. The picture of our agency Ruptly. On Fox News, NBC and Bloomberg there is no such picture. More precisely, there is no picture from the protests. As well as [no] mention of the protests themselves.”

“A video of a US TOW anti-tank missile being fired at a Syrian armed forces T-62 tank has emerged on social media; the decades-old military hardware was left virtually unscathed.”

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