Use this tag for claims which apply to the country of Russia or the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Has Russia invaded Ukraine?
The New York Times and many other media have reported that Russia invaded Ukraine:
A senior NATO official confirmed on Wednesday what Ukrainian military officials and monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have been…
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Did the victim of neo-Nazi violence as reported in Pink News die?
From Pink News:
The gay teenager who was kidnapped and tortured by Russian neo-Nazis has died from his injuries it has been claimed [by Spectrum Human Rights].
... PinkNews is unable to verify the claims ...
Going to Spectrum Human…
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Did British journalists keep silent about Russian defections to Germany in WW2?
In George Orwell's essay, The Prevention of Literature, he claims this:
When Germany collapsed, it was found that very large numbers of Soviet Russians — mostly, no doubt, from non-political motives — had changed sides and were fighting for the…
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Did Macron say in 2019 it is better to make concessions to Russia on Ukraine rather than let Russia fall in Beijing's orbit?
The Economist states:
Europeans fear that China and Russia are edging towards the formation of a new bloc that will dominate Eurasia. Mr Macron’s pivot to Russia is in part intended to stop it from slipping into China’s grasp. It is better, he…
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Were some Russians killed in a fight with American forces in Syria in February 2018?
I just read a question on history stack exchange that linked to this Feb 2018 National Review article:
On the night of February 7, “pro-regime” Syrian forces reportedly launched an assault on a “known” American base. American forces defended…
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Did a NY Supreme Court judge give positive reviews about USSR prisons?
After writing (or perhaps, "collecting" or "curating") his work, "The Gulag Archipelago", Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn received a Nobel Prize: the book revealed a 20th century horror that claimed many people's lives.
In Part II, Chapter 5, he says that…
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Was Christopher Steele told to stop collecting information about a Trump-Russia ties?
According to The Hill
They do, however, indicate that Steele was told to stop gathering intelligence on behalf of the FBI in November 2016 — building on information already known as a result of the Justice Department’s recent release of…
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Is British MP and Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg receiving support on social media from known Kremlin networks?
This article, which is being linked and shared on Facebook, claims that British MP and Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg is receiving support on social media from known Kremlin networks.
Analysis of social media traffic between January and February…
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Are Russian Twitter trolls exploiting the (Feb 2018) Florida school shooting?
According to Tech News World:
Within an hour of the shooting at a Florida High School last week, divisive messages began pouring out of Twitter accounts believed to be controlled by Russia.
At a rapid speed, messages began flooding Twitter using…
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Did NATO Air Forces start shooting down Russian fighter jets?
In the beginning of October, several news appeared claiming that Russian fighter jets intruded the air space of Turkey. They have been intercepted and escorted away from Turkish air space, but no fire was open.
On October, 10, British news agency…
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Did Russia use drunkenness to promote soldier aggression in WW2?
One of my friends claimed that Russians used alcohol heavily in WW2 to manipulate their troops into being less cautious and to increase their aggression. This was supposed to be especially true in cases with Russian "rush" tactics where they used…
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Did irradiated Chernobyl firefighters re-volunteer to avoid others being affected?
I don t have any link to the claim right now, but it is heavily repeated where I live. I'll edit to add a link later
A commonly repeated story says that the firefighters that were tasked to stop the fires in the Chernobyl reactor, rather than…
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Were 400 people arrested in Russia for social media posts in 2018?
In a 2019 interview John Anderson interviewed Konstantin Kisin (excerpt, original video). The discussion is transcribed by the OP of Were over 3000 persons arrested in Britain for social media posts in 2018?. I is the interviewer and K is for…
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Did Kyiv National Linguistic University publish a map showing that only a few Ukrainians (in the West of the country) speak Ukrainian at home?
Various Russian & other sources give this map (also on P.SE, but probably the most notable of these might be https://www.opendemocracy.net/ru/kto-boretsya-s-kem-v-ukraine-i-pochemu/)
Was that map actually published by "Kyiv National Linguistic…
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Were there YouTube ads calling on Russian citizens to disrupt rail routes into Ukraine?
An address from Roskomnadzor states "Earlier it became known that YouTube video hosting users are broadcasting commercials with calls to disable the railway communications of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The actions of the…
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