Azerbaijan
Tuesday 29 September 2020
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Kim Kardashian West
Reality TV star
“Azerbaijan has threatened to bomb the nuclear power plant in Armenia.”
Read more...Azerbaijan’s military did state that it would attack the Metsamor nuclear plant – but only in retaliation for an Armenian attack on its gas and oil facilities. -
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Isabel dos Santos
Billionaire émigré from Angola
“I am Russian by birth. … I did not restore my citizenship; I always kept it.”
Read more...Isabel dos Santos was born in 1973 to a Russian mother in Soviet Azerbaijan. Post-Soviet law mandates restoring citizenship in such cases. Dos Santos says she never did so, raising doubt about her status and claim. -
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Yeni Safak
Turkish daily
“Muslim man in India killed by mob after being accused of cow slaughter.”
Read more...Despite Yeni Safak’s headline, the article, written by Reuters, indicated the slain man was not a Muslim. -
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Vesti News
YouTube channel
“Funding Both Sides? Bulgarian Journalists Reveal US Selling Weapons to Terror Groups in Yemen!”
Read more...Russian TV has seized on a Bulgarian journalist’s report to claim the U.S. is covertly selling weapons to Islamic State in Yemen. The Bulgarian journalist, however, often jumps to conclusions not backed by evidence, while the Russian media report makes unsubstantiated claims. -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russia’s foreign minister
“The Turkish Stream gas pipeline project offers ample opportunities for joint efforts. Its extension through the territory of Bulgaria will strengthen your country’s energy security.”
Read more...TurkStream is a diversionary pipeline to carry Russian natural gas currently being transited to the Balkans via Ukraine. TurkStream will not provide natural gas volumes from an alternative source, thus will not enhance Bulgaria’s energy security. -
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Sputnik's press service
Russian state-funded news agency
"The decision is clearly political in its nature and, as a matter of fact, is practically censorship — seven [Facebook] pages belonging to our news hubs in neighboring countries have been blocked.”
Read more...Sputnik cried “censorship” after Facebook removed 364 Facebook pages and accounts for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” But while Sputnik charged the pages were removed for their politically-motivated content, Facebook says it was a matter of “misrepresentations of their identities.” -
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Sergei Nosov
Governor of Russia's Magadan region
“I note that we’ve never, even in the days of tsarist Russia, killed people for dissent. This, by the way, is the great strength of our people.”
Read more...Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union have persecuted dissidents, sometimes using capital punishment. Modern Russia has abolished the death penalty, although a number of dissidents and journalists have been murdered, their cases remaining unsolved. -
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Talal Naji
Deputy General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
“We love and are proud of President Vladimir Putin, because he is a friend of Palestine and not only Palestine, but all the people who are seeking freedom. President Putin succeeded in restoring Russia’s authority in the international arena and forced all to respect Russia.”
Read more...Independent polls show trust and respect for Russia and its president has significantly decreased globally. Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, Russia has suppressed insurgencies in Chechnya and in Syria. Moscow has lost its membership or voting privileges in multiple international organizations. -
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Interfax
Russian news agency
“The U.S. president’s National Security Adviser John Bolton stated on Wednesday at a press conference in Baku that the United States currently has no plans to impose additional sanctions against Russia.”
Read more...Despite what Russian media reported, John Bolton said the U.S. is still considering what it may be obliged to do in terms of additional sanctions under a statute related to chemical weapons attacks. -
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Semyon Slepakov
Russian TV Comedy host and singer
“Russia is ready to host the World Cup. The stadiums are open. The cops are polyglots. That is a quick recap of many years of work.We're not going to lose face in front of the planet. It’s not for nothing we terrified [the planet] with a missile. In general, all is well. But there is only one “but”: Our team, frankly, is sh-t.”
Read more...The International Federation of Football Association, the world soccer authority better known as FIFA, ranked Russia’s national team #70 and labeled it a “worst mover.” -
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Vladimir Putin
President, Russia
“That is an unprecedented thing. They are attempting to bring high treason charges against a person for what he did publicly and for performing his professional duties. I haven’t seen anything like this in a long time.”
Read more...Many nations, including Russia, have charged journalists with high treason. Despite Putin’s claim that he has not seen anything like this in a long time, he actually has – the case against Russian journalist Grigory Pasko, who was imprisoned on high treason charges -
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Leonid Ivashov
a former top Russian defense ministry official
“It indicates that they, the Americans in the first place, are preparing to start a war in Europe, and you can wage a war in Europe against Russia only.”
Read more...NATO’s recent deployments in Eastern Europe are minuscule compared to Russia’s capabilities on its western flank and would be insufficient for a successful attack on -- or a war with -- Russia. Rather, the U.S. and NATO are enhancing the deterrence posture and collective defense of NATO members.
