Claim(permalink)
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."
✓politifact rating: not credible; published on 2019-01-09
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2019-01-09
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