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2022-07-28 15:32:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 328858F4269CDB13216C8569A02F5E637DE1667DD1D849645364EEEF2947BF52
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Fact checkers have highlighted that this quote is missing the full context, in which Shoigu is speaking about Russian officials' mentalities in the 1990s, not today. While Russian officials have said Russia should reconquer countries like Ukraine, this statement isn't one. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-russia-defense-minister-sergei-shoigu-say-ussr-will-return-1728731 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands
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