Disinfo: US Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson claimed that there is no...

Summary

US Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson claimed that there is no connection between the lifting of sanctions against Russia and the status of Crimea.

Disproof

Mr. Tillerson claimed that "the United States sanctions will remain until Moscow reverses the actions that triggered our sanctions“. According to the US Department of State the annexation of Crimea (“violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine“) is one of the reasons why sanctions were applied: bit.ly/2j5L3va,

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  • Reported in: Issue 66
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 02/04/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Czech
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: Rex Tillerson, Crimea, Sanctions
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Disinfo: Slovak media are not free and there is no freedom...

Slovak media are not free and there is no freedom of speech in the country. The official News Agency of Slovakia (TASR) suspended the cooperation with Sputnik News as a result of pressures from the Slovak government.

Apr 01, 2017
Disproof

No evidence given. Actually it was rather the public that criticized cooperation of the TASR with Sputnik. The agreement met with strong opposition from Slovak public and media which put pressure on the leadership of TASR to suspend the agreement on information exchange.bit.ly/2oRkIHa,