United States
Wednesday 27 January 2021
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“Oppressors have changed places… Racism in reverse. Now Blacks will teach whites a lesson.”
A co-host of Russian state television’s popular “60 Minutes” program grossly misrepresents comments made by Lloyd Austin, falsely suggesting he is out for racist revenge. -
"Colleagues, think again about what happened. The current president, for whom almost 75 million Americans voted, and his supporters, were deprived of a fundamental right – freedom of speech."
The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, protecting free speech, does not guarantee access to a private speech platform like Twitter or Facebook. -
“Pompeo’s allegations come although all the US’ previous such accusations, including those made by former president George W. Bush’s administration — during which al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks against the US took place — have been discredited.”
Key al-Qaida leaders, supporters and several members of Osama bin Laden’s family took refuge in Iran, and some stayed there for years. -
"The Russian vaccine – it is now completely obvious … is the best one worldwide. [N]o other preparations of a similar kind demonstrate such a level of protection and such a degree of safety.”
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“Everything in this [U.S. presidential] election has been fraudulent.”
Carvalho’s assertion of broad conspiracy to steal the presidential election from Donald Trump is phony. The U.S. Congress certified the results, and courts rejected specific claims. -
“During the attack on the Capitol, supporters of Donald Trump used the Russian language.”
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“This is not some kind of investigation; this is the legalization of materials from the American special services.”
Bellingcat lays out its case and methods in revealing a Russian security service plot to assassinate opposition leader Alexey Navalny. -
"Journalists are diligently helping the army command to hush up the scandal. None of them accuses the base commanders or the country's leadership, [none of them] generalizes, demands immediate jailing, no one shouts that it’s high time to abolish this terrible contract army, in which 'our children are dying.'”
A rash of homicides at Fort Hood has been widely covered by the media, including the military specialist press, as were resulting disciplinary actions. -
“Once again, I can reject these accusations and once again I want to remind you that it was President (Vladimir) Putin who proposed that the American side agree and conclude agreements (with Russia) on cyber security.”
Kremlin’s rote denials contradict a pile of evidence from new and previously investigated hacks by Russian state actors. -
"Achieving sustainable development goals could become one of the elements in the bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington, but it is not. Because this dialogue is generally far from being in the best state right now, and not because of Moscow."
The major break in U.S.-Russia relations came in 2014 with Russia’s Crimea annexation, followed by its war in Ukraine and U.S. election interference. -
"Recognizing the important role of the United States and its capability to solve regional issues, Syria and Russia have offered the US side to use the Damascus platform ... The answer was no and there was unfounded criticism of those who are really contributing to returning Syrian citizens back home.”
The U.S. has little on-the-ground presence in Syria now, and many Syrian refugees fear returning to Assad regime-controlled territory. -
“If it wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, Russia should take a leaf out of Washington’s book and deploy more of its soldiers in other countries. That’s according to former U.S. President Barack Obama.”
Obama didn’t actually write that. In fact, he said Russia lacks the ability to project its military might globally.