Questions tagged [vladimir-putin]
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Did Putin threaten to have traitors assassinated?
In the recent U.N. Security Council meeting, U.K. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Allen quoted Putin by the following words (YouTube link, the relevant part starts at 1:07:30):
Traitors will kick the bucket, believe me. Those other…
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Was Ukraine planning an attack in Donbas/Crimea prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Quote by Putin in today's Victory Day speech:
“In December last year, we proposed the conclusion of an agreement on security guarantees. Russia called on the West to enter an honest dialogue, in search of reasonable compromise solutions, to take…
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Did Russia's economy boom between 1999 and 2013?
This image has been floating around on social media (e.g. 9gag
It claims that Putin has been in power since 1999, and in the first 14 years:
GDP rose from $159b to $2113b.
GDP (PPP) rose from $1320 to $14800.
Inflation dropped from 36.5% to…
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Have Putin and his family stolen $300 billion or more from Russians?
During the debates held in the House of Commons on 14th March 2018 about the alleged poisoning of Russian spy Skripal in Salisbury, U.K. Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Thomas Tugendhat said (emphasis mine):
Will the Prime Minister also…
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Does exported Ukrainian wheat (only) amount to 2.5% of the world's wheat production?
In May, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said:
shortages of grain and fertiliser caused by the war, warming temperatures and pandemic-driven supply problems threaten to “tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food…
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Did Putin give this talk about the cultural preservation of European tradition, religion and race?
From @JPY_Kurdish, https://twitter.com/JPY_Kurdish/status/812759470669529088 with thousands of RTs and likes:
Putin calls for cultural self preservation of European tradition,
religion & race, criticizing today's globalists who ruin God's
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Has one of the claims in the Steele Dossier come true?
In this widely shared post @yonatanzunger claims, among other things that:
On Wednesday, Reuters reported (in great detail) how 19.5% of Rosneft, Russia’s state oil company, has been sold to parties unknown. This was done through a dizzying array…
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Has Vladimir Putin been dead, and replaced by a body double, since 2014 or 2015?
Daily Star references a popular and notable set of conspiracy theories that Vladimir Putin died (presumably in 2014/2015) and who you see today is a body double.
As part of the evidence they cite supposed statements from Putin's ex-wife:
An article…
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Did Putin say that "to forgive the terrorists is up to God"?
Refer to the Fox News item here, Putin said that:
To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to Him is up to me
It seems that the only source I can trace to is a tweet from Remi Maalouf:
Putin : to forgive the terrorists is up to…
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Did Trump call Putin a great leader?
I came across this allegation in multiple places, including the New York Times. However, I couldn't find the quote anywhere.
Supporters of Mrs. Clinton have argued that Mr. Trump’s evident affinity for Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin — Mr.…
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Does Africa have to choose between renewable energy and economic growth?
Speaking at an energy conference in Moscow, Russia's president Vladimir Putin was critical of renewable energy. He seems to claim that it is a choice between fossil fuel driven economic development or renewable energy.
People in Africa and in…
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Was Vladimir Putin born in Georgia and later adopted?
This claim is discussed by the German newspaper Die Zeit (in English) Vera Putina’s Lost Son:
There are those who are convinced that the Russian president spent the first nine years of his life with a family whose existence he continues to dispute…
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Did Putin claim that the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region is pro-Russia?
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Putin has maintained the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region is pro-Russia, although polls have indicated that is not the case.
This is the first time I've seen this claim, especially used in this context as a justification for…
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Is this a video tour of the building claimed to be "Putin's Palace"?
This video posted to Youtube Jan 29, 2021 purports to be a tour of the "palace" described in The Inside Story of How Alexey Navalny Uncovered Putin's $1.3 Billion Palace.
It is in Russian, but you can set the captions to auto-translate.
Edit:
The…
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