DISINFO: The appearance of a Boris Nemtsov plaza in Washington is interference in Russia’s internal affairs
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Sputnik on Twitter (archived)*
  • Date of publication: January 10, 2018
  • Outlet language(s): French
  • Reported in: Issue 94
  • Countries / regions discussed: US, Russia
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Boris Nemtsov

DISINFO: The appearance of a Boris Nemtsov plaza in Washington is interference in Russia’s internal affairs

SUMMARY

The appearance of a Boris Nemtsov plaza in Washington is a rough, brutal, immoral, interference in Russia’s internal affairs.

RESPONSE

The names that the Council of the District of Colombia, the legislative branch of the local government of the U.S. capital, chooses for it streets are the council’s constitutional right and the city’s own business. In no way does it violate diplomatic protocols or constitute interference in any foreign country’s internal affairs.Further debunking at Polygraph www.polygraph.info/a/russian-embassy-washington-nemtsov-plaza/28967584.html, .

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