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Vladimir Putin

6 claims evaluated across 1 fact-check involving Vladimir Putin.

2 2 1 1
2 True2 Unproven1 Misleading1 Contested

Verdicts reflect claims in stories involving Vladimir Putin, not necessarily their own statements.

Trump says he has ‘made peace’ while threatening Iran and inviting Putin

Verdicts: 2 True, 2 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 Contested

In one week Trump claimed to have made peace, threatened to annihilate Iran, invited an ICC-indicted Putin to the G20 and kept sanctioning the court. What holds up, and what does not.
Analysis

The Court That Can’t: 25 Years of ICC Failure

The ICC has convicted only Africans, cannot arrest anyone powerful states protect, and is now led by a suspended prosecutor.
Analysis

America’s Former Top Security Adviser Is Now a Paid Agent for a Putin Ally

Trump’s first national security adviser registered under FARA for the Republic of Srpska — a Bosnian Serb entity led by Putin ally Milorad Dodik — at $100K/month, part of an $8.9M lobbying blitz…

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Bombing the Wells: Is the US Committing War Crimes in Iran?

US strikes have destroyed Iranian drinking water infrastructure; international law prohibits this unambiguously — but accountability is structurally impossible.

US intelligence assessed Iran was not building a weapon before the strikes

Verdicts: 2 True, 4 Misleading, 1 False

Trump justified two rounds of strikes on Iran with claims of imminent weaponization. His own intelligence agencies assessed otherwise, including in writing that Iran was not rebuilding.

Trump’s 52,000 Iran Protester-Death Claim, Fact-Checked

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Misleading

Trump’s 52,000 protester-death figure exceeds every independent estimate 7-fold; his Netanyahu pledge is legally grounded; and the Iran war-directive claim to military leadership is mostly true.

Trump Family Foreign Deals: Abuse of Office, Hunter Biden Redux, or Illegal?

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 2 Unproven

The Trump Org did zero foreign deals in term one and eight in term two, plus crypto billions from foreign-linked entities. We check the facts and answer three questions: abuse, hypocrisy, legality.

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