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TASS

Russian state-owned news agency

Fact-Checks

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Jan 28, 2026
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ubiquity selling equipment to soviet union

A January investigation by is widely present on and being used to enable , with reporters claiming vendors — including some official distributors — agreed to supply export‑restricted equipment . The r...

Jan 28, 2026
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How much gold does Russia’s National Wealth Fund currently hold and how is it reported?

National Wealth Fund (NWF) has seen its gold holdings fall sharply since 2022 and, by late 2025, is reported by multiple outlets to hold roughly of unallocated gold — a figure carried in state media a...

Nov 18, 2025
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Did Trump say that a war was going to start to end the world

Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that the world could slide into "World War III" or a broader global war if he is not in charge or if U.S. policy is mishandled — comments reported at CPAC, in interv...

Jan 27, 2026

Was there really a meeting between the Soviets and UFOs?

There is abundant documentation that , scientists and intelligence services paid serious attention to UFO reports in the 1970s–1990s — convening commissions and investigating high‑profile incidents su...

Dec 13, 2025

How do expert analyses evaluate claims that the U.S. planned or directed a coup in Ukraine in 2014?

Expert analyses mostly reject the simple claim that the U.S. “planned or directed” a coup in Ukraine in 2014, describing instead a complex mix of large grassroots protests, Western diplomatic engageme...

Feb 2, 2026

What scholarly works have cross-checked Vladimirov’s diary entries against Comintern or TASS dispatches in Russian archives, and what were their findings?

The available reporting shows that the published were edited and at least partly based on archival material (radio dispatches) and that some reviewers and scholars have questioned their authenticity a...

Feb 2, 2026

What archival evidence exists in Russian or Chinese sources to corroborate or contradict passages in The Vladimirov Diaries?

The are a published set of wartime notebooks by diplomat recounting , 1942–45; they were edited and released by in 1973 and later translated into multiple languages, including . Available reporting an...

Feb 2, 2026

The Vladimirov's diaries are widely questioned and not recognized as having historical value.

were published in 1973 by the son of Soviet diplomat , purporting to record his time in from 1942–45, and from the start their were questioned by journalists, scholars, and intelligence reviewers . Wh...

Jan 30, 2026

Sanctions against Russia are not working.

have clearly inflicted measurable economic pain—lower GDP versus prewar trends, squeezed oil revenues and disrupted supply chains—yet they have not produced the political outcome many backers sought: ...

Jan 2, 2026

What happened to Luna 15 and how did its mission intersect with Apollo 11 operations?

Luna 15 was a Soviet unmanned sample‑return probe launched on 13 July 1969 that entered lunar orbit while Apollo 11 was en route, attempted a descent on 21 July and crashed into the lunar surface; its...

Dec 13, 2025

Russia must disappear for the survival of the planet and references alleged statements by Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin about Moldovans deserving to “disappear”

Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin has been quoted in multiple pro‑Russian outlets and transcripts discussing Moldova and Ukrainians in highly provocative terms; available sources show him saying Russia ai...

Dec 9, 2025

Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin said Moldovans deserve to disappear (TASS statement)

Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin has repeatedly made hostile public comments about Moldova and Moldovans in 2025, accusing Moldova’s leadership of betraying the country and warning of dire outcomes; mult...

Dec 9, 2025

Ukrainian drones attacked substations in Berdyansk and Melitopol, disrupting Russian plans to reconnect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (SAEU) to their grid

Ukrainian drone strikes have repeatedly hit infrastructure in occupied southern Ukraine, including Berdyansk and Melitopol, and Ukraine openly fields large drone forces—both facts documented in open r...

Dec 1, 2025

Two Russian SU-57 fighter jets have reportedly been delivered to an unnamed country fact check

Russian officials and state-linked industry sources have repeatedly said the Su‑57E export program entered production and that a first foreign customer would begin operating the type in 2025; multiple...