The Poynter Institute
Menu
Donate
Donate
English Español

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

Search results for "Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM"

People (2)

Fact-checks (24445)

Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows that Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators determined that “dozens of wildfires in Canada” were caused by arson in 2023.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2023
CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:
Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”
By Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2022
Pipo News stated on November 11, 2017 in a headline:
"Civil war erupts in Sweden as irate Swedes burn nine Muslim refugee centers to the ground"
By Amy Sherman• November 21, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2022 in a video:
“Norway readies its military to counter Biden.”
By Andy Nguyen• October 7, 2022
X posts stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
By Madison Czopek• April 14, 2025
X posts stated on May 23, 2017 in a tweet:
"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 21, 2017
X posts stated on February 19, 2014 in posts on Twitter.:
A photo from the Russia-Finland hockey game shows a sad Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
By Aaron Sharockman• February 19, 2014
Steve Milloy stated on June 07, 2023 in on “The Ingraham Angle”:
Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.”
By Loreben Tuquero• June 20, 2023
X posts stated on March 22, 2024 in an X post:
A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
By Andy Nguyen• July 12, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post:
Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.”
By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022
Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."
By Lauren Carroll• October 20, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
By Tom Kertscher• January 10, 2020
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2020 in a series of images:
Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
By Daniel Funke• September 10, 2020
Bloggers stated on June 30, 2017 in a blog post:
Says "CNN host Fareed Zakaria calls for jihad rape of white women."
By Jon Greenberg• July 12, 2017
Instagram posts stated on February 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.
By Jeff Cercone• February 12, 2024
TriMet stated on July 02, 2012 in a website:
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of June 11, 2012.
By Janie Har• July 16, 2012
AmericanJournalReview.com stated on July 20, 2018 in a blog post:
"James Clapper Flips On Live TV, Admits Obama Behind Entire Russia Witch Hunt! (Video)"
By John Kruzel, Heaven Taylor-Wynn• August 6, 2018
Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post:
"ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires."
By Daniel Funke• September 14, 2020

Articles (7637)

What we know about the alleged transcript of Obama and Netanyahu call

By Aaron Sharockman• July 29, 2014

Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists?

By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016

Four things to know about Russia's 2016 misinformation campaign

By Lauren Carroll• April 4, 2017

What we know about Russia's role in the DNC email leak

By Lauren Carroll• July 31, 2016

Read James Comey's opening remarks for the June 8 Senate hearing

By Lauren Carroll• June 7, 2017

Overwhelming majority of ballot boxes are secure, rare for ballots to be lost or destroyed

By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 31, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons?

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023

Live fact-checking the first Republican presidential primary debate

By Ellen Hine• August 23, 2023

Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

By Bill McCarthy• July 14, 2020

Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine

By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2022

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero• August 8, 2022

Russia and its influence on the presidential election

By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016

False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2022

False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake

By Loreben Tuquero• June 23, 2025

17 intelligence organizations or 4? Either way, Russia conclusion still valid

By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2017

What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022

Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Lauren White, Rylee Wilson• March 2, 2022

Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes

By Yanqi Xu• April 3, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin say that Russia would not target or harm Ukrainian civilians?

By Madison Czopek• March 21, 2022