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Russia Today stated on March 04, 2014 in a posting on their website:
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2014
Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2014
X posts stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:
Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.
By Loreben Tuquero• May 16, 2024
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2019 in a phone call:
"A lot of people are talking about" the removal of a "very fair prosecutor" in Ukraine.
By John Kruzel• September 26, 2019
Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"
By Daniel Funke• December 10, 2019
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."
By Samantha Putterman• February 14, 2019
Bill Kristol stated on February 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."
By Julie Kliegman• February 23, 2014
Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2024 in a post:
A video showing an orb exploding Jan. 1 at a Miami mall is proof that the Blue Beam project started.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 12, 2024
Viral image stated on May 02, 2019 in social media posts:
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.
By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2019
Ruben Gallego stated on October 09, 2024 in a debate:
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”
By Mia Osmonbekov• October 18, 2024
Viral image stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image:
Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.
By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:
George Soros is banned in Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland and the Philippines.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 21, 2023
Rick Scott stated on January 29, 2020 in a TV ad in Iowa:
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2020
George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2021
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a press conference in Biarritz, France:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2019
Viral image stated on January 11, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2022
Bloggers stated on October 21, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Soros Letter Reveals Plot to ‘Take Down Borders’ with Migrant Caravan Invasions"  
By Tessa Weinberg• November 1, 2018
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2023 in a blog post:
“Unprecedented UFO landing” in Las Vegas.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 21, 2023
Threads posts stated on July 07, 2024 in a Threads post:
Video shows “huge green coloured meteor” on July 7, 2024, in Budapest, Hungary.
By Grace Abels• July 9, 2024
Instagram posts stated on May 09, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024

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By Aleksandra Kharchenko• May 2, 2016

Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019

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By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• May 25, 2017

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

By Tom Kertscher, Yacob Reyes• December 8, 2022

A closer look at payments to Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen

By John Kruzel• May 18, 2018

Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO?

By Bill McCarthy• April 14, 2022

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By Lauren Carroll• February 16, 2017

Joe Biden lifted sanctions on Venezuela. Is he to blame for the country’s disputed elections?

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 2, 2024

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Trump repeats many falsehoods in letter to Pelosi about impeachment

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Mailbag: ‘You reminded me of my English teacher’

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Donald Trump’s misleading complaints about election rigging

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