doublespeak [маскировка]

“Our plans are not to occupy Ukraine, we do not plan to impose ourselves on anyone.” V. Putin, 22 Feb.

“You Ukrainians are always worried about what you can steal and you think everyone thinks that way.” S. Lavrov, 8 June

“If the US and NATO are really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis, then first of all, they should wake up and stop supplying the Kyiv regime with arms and ammunition” S. Lavrov , 30 April

“Our goals there are clear, we want to save people from the pressure of the neo-Nazi regime.” S. Lavrov, 8 June

“We didn’t invade Ukraine.” S. Lavrov, 15 June

“Its goals are absolutely clear and noble. It was the right decision.”

quote of the year

“J’ai eu une vie assez droite, je ne me suis jamais conduit comme un salaud” [I have lived a rather righteous life, I never behaved like a bastard]

Jean-Marie le Pen [condemned for apology of war crimes (1969), contestation of crimes against humanity (2009), Holocaust denial (1988, 2006), antisemitism (1986), racial hatred (2005, 2008), provocation to discrimination against Muslims (2004, 2006) and Roma (2017), and insults (1993, 1998, 2018), demoted of his European parliamentary immunity (1997), suspended from the European parliament for assault (2000), suspected of misappropriation of public funds (2019) and of torture in Algeria, founder of the extreme-right Front National (1972), &tc., &tc., speaking on France Inter]