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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.

“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.”

“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."

“We especially note that in Kyrgyzstan there are no restrictions whatsoever on the activities of the media.”

“Every Thursday we had a chicken day in prison. Chicken day was always a fight for chicken. Because chicken legs are small, and you want to eat. That is the only real meat they give – not [meat] substitute, but real meat … And the bananas – for some reason, bananas proved scarce in America. They gave bananas only on holidays. That there aren’t bananas in America – it’s actually a forage crop, I don’t know! There was a shortage of these – chicken and bananas.”

“Then everyone watched a video prepared by the organizers of the action. The video encouraged [them] not to stop there, but to continue the fight. Various white American uncles and aunts performed, and, against touching background music, spoke about the support of the ‘people of Hong Kong.’ In the frame appeared different faces from among American politicians and officials. All of them talked about how you must not stop, you need to protest as much as possible, and that only by force is it possible to satisfy the demands of the opposition.”

“Two American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning fighters attempted to intercept one of our bomber’s during a flight over the Sea of Japan. But what happened is what, in the language of young people, is called an epic failure. The crew of our strategic bomber put the engines into afterburner mode and easily broke away from the pursuers. The Americans failed to keep up with the Russian aircraft.”

“We know perfectly well those who arranged all this, who sought the resignation of Morales – the United States. Well, they have admitted something else. They have admitted that for them Ukraine is just a project on which the United States has worked for many years. That is, in fact, the United States deliberately tore off Ukraine from Russia, and Pompeo said that.”

“Twitter is stunned to discover during the impeachment hearing that Ukrainians prefer Kyiv is pronounced 'KEEV' and not 'Key-Ev' and it is a point of national pride in defiance of the Russians.”

“There is a possibility that this poisonous gas could have been released by any neighboring country which is afraid of us.”

"’It’s all conspiracy theories. There is absolutely no proof of any of that, and I am not aware of any actions like this,’ Maria added, rejecting allegations that there were [sic] some ‘government person’ behind her.”