Human Rights

“It (coronavirus) is like a strong flu.”

"This once again testifies to the fact that there are still a huge number of questions, and questions that most seriously cast doubt on such a biased position that has been repeatedly voiced (about the cause of the MH17 airliner crash) … This information once again testifies to the rightness of the Russian side.”

“Shame on the Ukrainian government. Shame! They need to get their people. Need to give maximum effort.”

“Here, the escalation in Syria. I agree: These are very painful events and troubled days. First the Russian officers were killed, then the Turkish servicemen. Here, right now, many accuse Russia and the Syrian ‘regime’ of all sins – supposedly they ‘violate’, attack, bomb civilian objects and so forth.”

“The defendants were members of the Set’ (Network) radical group, created in 2016 and later included into Russia’s federal list of terrorist organizations.”

“John Taylor Holmes, a retired major general who served as a director of special forces, was on a panel of experts which heard testimony from one of the whistleblowers, identified as ‘Alex.’ ”

“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.”

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.

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

Claims about WADA doping ban, Maria Butina's foreign agent plea, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's killing in Berlin.

“We are not moving toward closing off the internet and are not going to do that.”