“I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood.”
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Nikolai Patrushev
Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev is a Russian politician, security officer and former intelligence officer who served as the secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 2008 to 2024. He previously served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) from 1999 to 2008.
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politics · Russian politician and security officer (born 1951) · engineer · politician · military officer · spy · also Nikolai Patrushev, Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev, Patrushev
Born 11 July 1951 · Q446865
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2026· 7 entries
“But please pay attention that Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] has never sued me.”
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“we control them illegally and undeservedly because, in their view, we do not use them as they ought to be used”
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“There’s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.”
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“We’ve made the decision we’re going to war with Iraq.”
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“I guess they don’t know what else to do.”
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“I guess it’s like we don’t know what to do about terrorists, but we’ve got a good military, and we can take down governments.”
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2024· 4 entries
Claimed: ““Russia does not interfere in the internal political life of other states.”” — rated False by VOA.
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Reuters: Putin to keep demoted ally Patrushev on Russia's Security Council
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The National Interest: Nikolai Patrushev
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Career landmark: Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation (2024).
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2023· 3 entries
Newsweek: Who Is Nikolai Patrushev? Putin Loyalist Touted as His Successor
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Claimed: “"The events in Ukraine aren’t a clash between Moscow and Kyiv. It’s a military confrontation between NATO, above all the U.S. and Britain, and Russia.”” — rated False by VOA.
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“amid a campaign by the West to deter both Russia and China, it is particularly important to further deepen the Russian-Chinese coordination and cooperation in the international arena.”
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2022· 5 entries
Claimed: “"During the special military operation [in Ukraine], many facts were revealed confirming that such laboratories developed components of biological weapons and their means of delivery."” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and its satellites deployed a network of biolaboratories in the space of the former Soviet republics – in Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Armenia …”” — rated False by VOA.
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“tried to force Russia to give up sovereignty, self-consciousness, culture, an independent foreign and domestic policy.”
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“are exploiting Ukraine as an instrument of struggle with our country ... The goal is to suppress Russia, retain their imaginary supremacy, keep their unipolar world, ensure themselves the opportunity to live at the expense of others. In November 2022, Patrushev accused the West of inciting Ukraine to attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and of assisting in the production of a”
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Was seen by some observers as one of the likeliest candidates for succeeding Putin
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2021· 2 entries
Claimed: “"Did the fact that Afghanistan having the status of a main U.S. ally outside of NATO save the ousted pro-American regime in Kabul? A similar situation awaits those who are banking on America in Ukraine.”” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““Fighting side by side, our troops and Syrian troops dealt a powerful blow to the terrorists, who were planning to create a global caliphate in Eurasia. … Russians, together with the brotherly nation of Syria, did not just fight for the future of Syria, they fought for the whole world that terror…” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2020· 1 entry
“shameful page in history for all NATO countries was and will forever remain the barbaric”
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2019· 1 entry
Claimed: “"I am unable to mention a single instance [of a violation] or piece of evidence they [the US] presented to us. There has been nothing of the sort."” — rated False by VOA.
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2017· 2 entries
Claimed: ““Neo-Nazi ideas are reviving in Europe. According to available data, there are more than 500 neo-Nazi and national-radical groups (often youth groups) in the European Union. More than 7 million people are members.”” — rated Likely False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““Western technologists have not renounced their plans to implement 'color scenarios' in our country […]. As a rule, such an outburst of activity from opposition forces is observed in the run-up to federal election campaigns. It is no accident that the West is allocating financial and material mea…” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2016· 1 entry
“has always been and remains our ally and partner”
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2013· 1 entry
“Who's too Weak to Live with Freedom?”
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of the Security Council of Russia (2008–2024).
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2007· 1 entry
In January 2007, Nikolai Patrushev and his brother, Viktor Platonovich Patrushev (Russian: Виктор Платонович Патрушев), joined the expedition of polar explorer Arthur Chilingarov, that flew on two helicopters to Antarctica and visited the South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott station.
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2003· 2 entries
“Europe's Anti-American Obsession”
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From the FSB Academy where he studied law with his classmate Pavel Fradkov, who is the son of Mikhail Fradkov, and has worked in leadership roles at Gazprom Neft
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Hero of the Russian Federation (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: Director of the Federal Security Service (1999–2008).
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1994· 1 entry
Was brought to Moscow as head of the Directorate of Internal Security of the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK)
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1974· 1 entry
And initially he worked as an engineer in the Institute's shipbuilding design bureau, but very soon afterwards, in 1975, he was recruited by the KGB
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1969· 1 entry
“The age of the democratic revolution: a political history of Europe and America, 1760-1860”
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-07-11.
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1949· 1 entry
“Help Keep Your School All-American”
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1901· 1 entry
“The Status of Annexed Territory and of Its Free Civilized Inhabitants”
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1897· 1 entry
“The Stars and Stripes Forever”
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1858· 1 entry
“Provisional Constitution and Ordinances”
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1843· 1 entry
“Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”
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1794· 1 entry
“On the Memorial of the Relief Committee of Baltimore, for the Relief of St. Domingo Refugees”
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