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Search results for "State of Emergency Declared in Occupied Crimea by Russian-Installed Authorities"

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Fact-checks (20388)

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
Russian Embassy in Canada stated on March 01, 2022 in a statement:
"The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."
By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2022
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
Chris Matthews stated on March 03, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball":
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
By Katie Sanders• March 4, 2014
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
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
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
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
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 30, 2020
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
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 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
Lon Burnam stated on August 22, 2014 in telephone press conference:
"Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2014
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
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
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
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
John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."  
By Lauren Carroll• July 20, 2014
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
Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024

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Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia

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Ukraine the talk of the Sunday news shows

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Fact-checking the March 2 news shows

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