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How #Russia accuses democracies of fabricating "fake news"

As Russia is known for spreading fake news and propaganda, its officials are now doing their best to accuse the democratic world of doing the same. More details 👇
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Fedor Strzhizhovsky, Spokesperson of the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, accused the UN of spreading rabid and absurd fakes about #Russia. “Moscow considers it unacceptable to spread "rabid fakes" through UN platforms,” Fedor Strzhizhovsky said.
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Strzhizhovsky was commenting on a recent statement by Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten about alleged sexual crimes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
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According to him, "speaking such nonsense calls into question the level of expertise of UN officials who make such statements unsupported by facts."
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Strzhizhovsky also spoke about "unprecedented informational aggression of the collective West against Russia, as well as other states pursuing an independent line of foreign policy."
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Meanwhile, according to him, "Russian media are subjected to direct bans and blocking of broadcasting, freezing of bank accounts, intimidation, defamation, and pressure from special services."
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Strzhizhovsky claims that the leadership of some Western IT giants, particularly the Meta corporation, "didn't hesitate to openly admit to the direct interference of American intelligence services in management processes."
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So Russia still follows a strategy of condemning what its representatives called "double standards" allegedly being used by people around the world in favor of Western democratic values at the expense of providing false information about the Russian Federation.
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