Areas
Tuesday 31 January 2023
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“[A] nuclear power's defeat in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war. The nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends."
Nuclear powers have more than once been defeated in conventional wars that have affected their fate, and that has not led to a nuclear war. -
“We do not interfere in the internal affairs [of other countries], while President Macron's statement clearly indicates that France regards such interference as possible and resorts to it.”
The Kremlin’s activities across Africa remain largely in the shadows, but Russia’s record of foreign interference is undeniable. -
“The Ministry of Education assures its people and the international community that the Islamic Emirate considers education essential for every Afghan.”
In fact, the Taliban have indefinitely suspended higher education for female students. -
From Syria to Ukraine and beyond, the Wagner Group has been credibly accused of crimes against humanity.
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"[T]he United States has created a coalition of nearly all European member states of NATO and the EU and is using Ukraine to wage a proxy war against Russia with the old aim of finally solving the ‘Russian question,’ like Hitler, who sought a final solution to the ‘Jewish question.’ "
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a global coalition, is helping Ukraine fight Russian military aggression and never planned or discussed exterminating the Russian people. -
“IRGC is the biggest and most successful anti-terrorist entity.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has a record of sponsoring terrorism abroad and brutal repression at home. -
“In today’s Hong Kong, the rule of law is safeguarded, justice is upheld, and the legitimate rights of Hong Kong people are better protected in a safer environment.”
Hong Kong’s National Security Law has caused drastic damage to judicial independence and human rights. -
“Massive protests in Paris against the shipment of weapons to Ukraine.”
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“The only thing that connects him with Ukraine is his place of birth.”
Sergei Korolev, the engineer behind Sputnik and the first human orbital flight, was born in Soviet Ukraine and considered himself Ukrainian. -
“This is such a monstrous shame that I will not even comment on the paranoia about our state’s nuclear plans.”
Using crass rhetoric, the former Russian president distorts WWII history to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine. -
“This is one nation that came out of the Kyiv Baptismal font, but a very large nation.”
The religious leader, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, echoes Kremlin claims that Ukraine is not really a separate country from Russia. -
“Comrade Zhao has assumed a post in exchange in accordance with needs.”
Zhao’s legacy is a record of spreading disinformation about COVID-19, treatment of Uyghurs, press freedom and more.