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Russia

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All Fact-checks for Russia

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2026 remarks at the White House:
“We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2025 a news conference:
“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 17, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2025 a press conference:
In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on May 11, 2025 en una publicación en X:
Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on May 11, 2025 a post on X:
A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek • May 13, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 20, 2025 in a social media post:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “blocked Truth Social in Ukraine.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 25, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 5, 2025 an Instagram post:
An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • February 7, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2025 a Facebook post:
Ukrainian officials released list of “kickbacks” given to 18 U.S. politicians.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 4, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 10, 2024 an Instagram post:
“Dr. Assad will return to ophthalmology after being deposed as president of Syria and plans to set up an eye clinic in Russia.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on October 25, 2024 X posts:
Video shows an election worker destroying mail ballots with votes for former President Donald Trump in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 25, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2024 a Facebook post:
Says Colin Kaepernick said he “will go to Russia if not properly respected in the United States.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 20, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 1, 2024 an Instagram post:
"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.
False
By Jeff Cercone • July 3, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 12, 2024 an Instagram post:
Video shows “U.S. Navy deploys in Miami due to Russian warships 6/12.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 14, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 27, 2024 an Instagram post:
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."
False
By Jeff Cercone • May 29, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 13, 2024 a Facebook post:
“BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia will support Iran if the United States attacks Iran’s soil in support of Israel.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 19, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on March 22, 2024 an X post:
A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 22, 2024 An Instagram post:
Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin revealing “that Jesus was Black.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 24, 2024 a Instagram post:
Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Biblical figures were “all Black.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2024 a Fox News town hall:
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2024
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