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Monday 6 December 2021
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“The report by certain media on anti-China protests in the Gwadar region is completely groundless.”
Read more...Protesters in Gwadar, Pakistan, demanded the eviction of Chinese “trawler mafia.” Local discontent against China’s presence has been growing. -
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Russian Embassy in South Africa Twitter account
Russian Foreign Ministry social media account
“82 years ago the USSR-Finland 'Winter War' started … amid forthcoming #WW2 and Third Reich’s enhancing military cooperation with #Finland. Why was Finland viewed by USSR as Hitler’s probable ally?“
Read more...The Soviet Union and Germany were de facto allies when the Soviets invaded Finland in 1939. Germany even blocked military aid to Finland. -
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Zhao Lijian
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson
“The unfair treatment of women and children among the refugees are especially outrageous, evoking grave concerns and solemn condemnations from more and more people upholding justice of the international community.”
Read more...China ignores Belarusian source of crisis, efforts by Lithuania to rectify it, and the spat over Taiwan office. -
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Mohammad Eslami
head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization
“The IAEA Director General has repeatedly stated that he has not seen any deviations in Iran's nuclear program.”
Read more...Contrary to Eslami, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi said there are issues with safeguarding Iran’s nuclear program and a deficit in monitoring capacities. -
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Vyacheslav Popov
Former Commander of Russia's Northern Fleet
"The submarine that collided with the Kursk was following the Kursk, apparently, but was unable to ensure safety in those sea conditions ... it got too close, or the Kursk's maneuvering led to a loss of contact ...”
Read more...There has never been any evidence for this theory. Russia’s official version (no collision) is backed up by independent evidence. -
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Faisal Mekdad
Syrian foreign minister
“Western countries are hindering [refugees’] return so they can use them to put political pressure on Syria. These countries are using the pain of every Syrian refugee outside their homeland to serve their political ends.”
Read more...Millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war have no guarantee of a safe return. Rights groups have documented violent abuses against those who try. -
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Xie Zhenhua
China's Special Envoy for Climate Change
“If you look at the story (of power plant outages) from another perspective, it's a reflection of Chinese effort and seriousness to adjust our energy structure and limit the use of coal.”
Read more...In fact, coal shortages were behind China’s recent string of power plant outages. China is actually producing the most coal in six years. -
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Xi Jinping
“Since the founding of the People's Republic, China has never started a single war or conflict, and has never taken one inch of land from other countries.”
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![Sergey Shoigu]()
Sergey Shoigu
Russia’s defense minister
“We have actually successfully tested a promising system. It struck the old satellite with surgical precision. The resulting fragments do not pose any threat to space activities."
Read more...Evidence shows that some 1,500 chunks of debris from the Russian anti-satellite missile hit endangered space station astronauts, including Russia’s own. -
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Alexander Lukashenko
president of Belarus
“We are heating Europe. They are still threatening us that they will close the border. And if we shut off natural gas there?”
Read more...Belarus does not heat Europe; it simply transits natural gas from Russia. Experts say Lukashenko could never shut the pipeline without the Kremlin’s approval. -
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Chen Weihua
China Daily EU bureau chief/columnist
"Most people assumed only big nations bully small ones. But in the case of Vietnam in 1979, it was Vietnam which provoked multiple times (bullied China). That was why China decided to teach it a lesson.”
Read more...The claim obscures the history of the bloody Sino-Vietnamese war in 1979. China invaded with 200,000 troops but soon pulled out with heavy losses. -
![Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service]()
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service
“The information published in the media about the inmate Trevor Reed’s hunger strike does not correspond with the reality. … He is taking food according to the daily schedule.”
Read more...Reed’s lawyer confirmed to Polygraph.info that her client, a former U.S. Marine, told his Russian jailers he would start a hunger strike on November 4.
