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Egountchi Behanzin
activist
"Is it a coincidence that the Congo has become an experimental laboratory where populations have become guinea pigs to allow the World Health Organization, the #BillGates foundation, American European pharmaceutical firms and American biolabs to test viruses and other dirty things?"
Read more...Russia has been pushing disinformation campaigns targeting U.S. health campaigns in Africa. Egountchi Behanzin, a French Togolese activist, has been exposed in several investigations for discrediting U.S. and Western health campaigns in favor of Russia. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin spokesman
"[T]he figures announced with regard to losses on both sides, it is obvious that they were presented in the Ukrainian interpretation … Ukraine’s losses are multiple times higher than those of Russia.”
Read more...Donald Trump's casualty figures align with July-October Western intelligence, defense, and military sources, differing from Ukrainian estimates. All Western data indicate Russia has suffered greater military losses than Ukraine in the conflict. -
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Press TV
Iranian state news outlet
“Syrian security sources have, however, confirmed that ‘Hama is completely safe, with armed forces stationed around the city.’”
Read more...By the time Iran’s Press TV portrayed reports of successful rebel advances in Hama as Western propaganda, the Syrian army already lost the city. -
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Mohammed Elghazali
Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia
“It is considered that Russian veto means a very appreciated support for Sudan and a very strong and a very supportive stance for the Sudanese government and a people at a time when a number of countries and organizations are vying against Sudan to blatantly interfere in its internal affairs.”
Read more...The Russian veto blocked a U.N. resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Sudan, where a civil war has killed at least 66,000, destroyed civil institutions, causing widespread hunger, disease, sexual violence and a refugee crisis with more than 11 million people displaced. -
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Yahya Saree
Houthi military spokesperson
“The operation was carried out with 16 ballistic and winged [cruise] missiles and a drone in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and the hits were accurate and direct.”
Read more...The is no evidence the Houthis successfully struck a U.S. warship. All three commercial vessels escorted by the Navy reportedly are intact and en route to their destinations. -
![Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia]()
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
"The decision of the Georgian government not to raise the issue of negotiations with the EU until 2028 and to decline EU grant budget support does not mean suspension of Georgia’s European integration process."
Read more...Delays in European Union negotiations and rejection of financial support significantly undermine practical steps required for accession. This move compromises Georgia's EU alignment, stalls reforms, and fuels European doubts about Tbilisi's genuine commitment to integration. -
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Global Times
“The [MOFCOM] spokesperson emphasized that China is firmly opposed to ‘forced labor’ in any form and there is no forced labor in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.”
Source: Global Times, November 26, 2024Read more...United Nations, independent researchers and media have all documented credible allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang. -
![Korir Sing’Oei]()
Korir Sing’Oei
Principal Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs
"Kenya is a safe haven for many people and has been for many years and will be for years to come."
Read more...State-sanctioned abductions, refugees included; extrajudicial killings; torture and enforced disappearances are on the rise in Kenya, according to independent reports by international observers, the United Nations, local rights groups and investigative journalists. -
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Vladimir Putin
Russian president
"[T]here are no means of countering such weapons [hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik] today. … It is impossible."
Read more...Hypersonic weapons like Russia’s Oreshnik missile present a formidable challenge to existing missile defense systems. However, defenses capable of intercepting them do exist. -
![Esmail Baghaei]()
Esmail Baghaei
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"The resolution was a clear sign of reducing the noble concept of human rights to a tool for exerting political pressure on independent nations."
Read more...Iran continues to force confessions, execute individuals who committed crimes as minors and subject detainees to torture in violation of its obligations under international law.
