Latest Fact-Checks In Russia

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stated on May 22, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows a “Russian pilot” escaping from jets and a Russian aircraft getting hit by a missile.
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May 23, 2022
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stated on May 18, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows helicopters in Ukraine “being picked off in ambush - Short range air-to-air missile”
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May 20, 2022
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stated on May 19, 2022 a Facebook post
Video shows “Russian tank column totally destroyed by attack helicopter.”
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May 20, 2022
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stated on May 18, 2022 a Facebook post
“Soldiers destroyed Russian tank with NLAW in ambush.”
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May 19, 2022
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stated on May 13, 2022 a Facebook post
A recent photo shows the “Russian Orthodox Church blessing a rocket called Satan.”
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May 18, 2022
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stated on May 10, 2022 a Facebook post
The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.
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By Gabrielle Settles • May 16, 2022
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stated on April 30, 2022 a post
“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.
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By Monique Curet • May 5, 2022
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stated on April 17, 2022 a Facebook post
“The President of Ukraine owns a $35 million home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account.”
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By Andy Nguyen • May 2, 2022
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stated on April 27, 2022 a Facebook post
“War Begins — F-35, F-16 and MiG-29 NATO intercept and destroy Russia Jets in Polish air space.”
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April 28, 2022
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stated on April 14, 2022 a TikTok post
A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding.
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By Bill McCarthy • April 25, 2022
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stated on March 14, 2018 a post
Vladimir Putin “ended the Rothschild's control over Russia by nationalizing the Russian centralized bank."
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By Monique Curet • April 20, 2022
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stated on April 18, 2022 a Facebook post
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.”
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April 20, 2022
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stated on April 13, 2022 a Facebook post
Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 18, 2022
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stated on April 6, 2022 a Facebook post
Poland palace that Biden visited is fake.
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April 12, 2022
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stated on February 27, 2022 an Instagram post
Photo of injured Ukrainian woman was from 2018 Russia gas explosion.
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April 7, 2022
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stated on April 4, 2022 a tweet
Says Tucker Carlson said, “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia? I’m not saying any of this is true, I’m just asking the questions. Why can’t we ask these questions?”
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April 7, 2022
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stated on April 4, 2022 a tweet
“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 5, 2022
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stated on April 2, 2022 a Facebook post
Says Barack Obama tweeted, “Has anyone checked to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t have a Russian birth certificate?”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 5, 2022
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Russian Ministry of Defense
stated on April 3, 2022 a Telegram post
A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2022
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stated on March 23, 2022 an Instagram post
A photo of President Joe Biden leaving for Europe that the White House tweeted wasn’t actually taken on March 23.
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March 25, 2022
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