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Monday 5 June 2023
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“Dollar domination is on the verge of collapse.”
U.S. dollar continues to dominate global markets, even as its still outsized share in global foreign exchange reserves has dropped in recent decades. -
“There is no oppression at all. You have to visit this place if you want to find out the truth.”
China uses young vloggers to spread Communist Party propaganda and cover up state-directed crimes as part of its disinformation strategy, including on Tibet. -
“U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan ordered Ukraine to hit Crimea.”
Jake Sullivan did not order Ukraine to strike Crimea in his interview with CNN; he reaffirmed the U.S. position that Crimea is part of Ukraine. -
“To claim China [is] engaging in the so-called 'economic coercion' is no more than lodging trumped-up charges, and the accusation is totally untenable.”
Beijing is accelerating the use of economic coercion to pursue its foreign policy goals. -
"The Abrams? Heh! A children's pedal car, your Abrams. Here’s the real power! An upgraded T-72! ... Surpasses foreign equipment in combat power, control, protection and ease of operation."
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“[M]any people in the current German administration have inherited Nazi genes. It is a fact.”
Despite Lavrov’s absurd rhetoric, there is no “Nazi gene” or Nazi regime in Ukraine. -
“Twitter users ridiculed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's European tour.”
Russian news outlets based their reports about Twitter users ridiculing Zelenskyy’s European visit on six tweets, two of which are non-existing, while the other four came from shadowy accounts. -
“The country’s democratic system, which continues to evolve and solidify as the government and people of Cambodia strive to ensure fair and transparent election processes, should be recognized and respected for its considerable successes."
Prime Minister Hun Sen disbanded the opposition before 2018 elections. His latest move against political competition is again aimed at preserving his decades-long grip on power. -
“Many people may wonder why Japan won’t discharge the nuclear-contaminated water, which it claims to be safe and harmless, into Japan’s inland rivers or use it for agricultural and industrial purposes and instead insists on dumping it into the ocean? It is extremely irresponsible of Japan to selfishly put the world at risk.”
Scientific studies indicate that the release of diluted wastewater would have a negligible effect on the oceanic environment. -
“We are not waging a war. It is a totally different thing to wage a war: it is a total destruction of infrastructure it is a total destruction of cities. We are not doing that. We seek to preserve the infrastructure; we seek to preserve human lives.”
Russia waged a war on Ukraine that destroyed at least nine Ukrainian cities and more than $400 billion worth of Ukrainian infrastructure. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed or injured. -
“We saved a whole country called [the Central African Republic], saved tens of thousands of lives from bandits, terrorists, and, most importantly, from the French.”
Wagner Group mercenaries have engaged in systemic violence against civilians in the Central African Republic to secure access to mineral resources. -
Russia waged a war on Ukraine, not vice versa. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.