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Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

By Samantha Putterman• March 15, 2019

Danielle Pletka stated on July 08, 2018 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway."

By Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2018

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

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

Mike Rogers stated on March 02, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":

Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."

By Julie Kliegman• March 2, 2014

Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2016 in a Facebook post:

Says Steph Curry decided to split with Nike because the company wouldn’t allow him to write Bible scriptures in his shoes.

By Samantha Putterman• November 18, 2019

Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing:

"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2017

Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."

By Lauren Carroll• February 21, 2017

David Ignatius stated on March 02, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."

By Julie Kliegman• March 2, 2014

Dmitry Peskov stated on February 20, 2022 in an interview with a Russian TV network:

“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 21, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 30, 2020

Michael Morell stated on September 19, 2016 in an open letter to Donald Trump:

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 22, 2016

TikTok posts stated on February 25, 2022 in posts:

A 2022 video shows “Ukrainian and Russian soldiers face to face.”

By Yacob Reyes• February 25, 2022

John Kennedy stated on December 01, 2019 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg• December 4, 2019

William Taylor stated on November 13, 2019 in impeachment inquiry testimony:

"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."

By Tom Kertscher• November 14, 2019

Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2021 in Facebook posts:

Nike and Lil Nas X are launching “demonic shoes” containing human blood.

By Noah Y. Kim• March 29, 2021

Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.

By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2014

Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• February 20, 2018

John Bolton stated on March 03, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel:

Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."

By Katie Sanders• March 6, 2014

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

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