{"id":1583321,"date":"2022-08-01T17:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583321"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:26:04","slug":"fact-check-did-the-russian-defense-minister-say-the-soviet-union-will-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-russian-defense-minister-say-the-soviet-union-will-return\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Russian Defense Minister Say The Soviet Union Will Return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-russian-defense-minister-say-the-soviet-union-will-return%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VladimirPutinSergeiShoigu-e1531750814395.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saidbaay.jaalle\/videos\/1023696194976700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saidbaay.jaalle\/videos\/1023696194976700&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1659447770627000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1gj2zfY6wJ1vj99p9PRAwv\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the goal of Russia\u2019s current war in Ukraine is to bring back the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The clip is out of context. While Shoigu did say the Soviet Union would return, he was not describing Russia\u2019s current plans.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sergei Laprov, Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister, told Russian state media the country\u2019s goal in Ukraine was to expand beyond the Donbas region, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/lavrov-says-russias-objectives-ukraine-now-go-beyond-donbas-2022-07-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. Russia first invaded Ukraine in an effort to \u201cdemilitarize and denazify\u201d the country, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on Facebook claims there may be an ulterior motive behind the invasion. The July 28 Facebook video, which shows Shoigu speaking, includes a caption that states \u201cRussian Salute master Sergei Shoigu states the goals of the war saying \u2018Soon, there will be a Soviet Union again and we will again live in peace.&#8217;\u201d The claim also appeared on Twitter, with one tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/na_intel\/status\/1552355133224353793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receiving<\/a> over 2,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Russian Minister of Defense spoke for the first time about how he sees the future: \u201csoon there will be the Soviet Union again and we will again live in peace.\u201d<br \/>It\u2019s hard to believe to my ears. At least we know their goal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLs59CK3lv\">pic.twitter.com\/zLs59CK3lv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Altavista \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@na_intel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/na_intel\/status\/1552355133224353793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shoigu\u2019s words have been taken out of context, however. Russian state media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1480211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TASS<\/a> and South Ossetia state outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/cominf.org\/node\/1166544683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cRes\u201d<\/a> reported the defense minister made the remarks during an event in July 2022 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of a peacekeeping mission between Georgia and South Ossetia in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time, I am absolutely sure, especially my generation, we were absolutely convinced that all this was temporary and our country would again be big and strong, and there would be the Soviet Union again, and no one would leave anywhere and everyone would live in peace and quiet,\u201d Shoigu said, according to TASS.<\/p>\n<p>Shoigu appeared to be describing the mindset at the time of the 1992 operation in which some allegedly believed the Soviet Union, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/fall-of-soviet-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissolved<\/a> in 1991, would soon return to power. There is no indication that he said the aim of the war in Ukraine is to bring back the Soviet Union. Newsweek\u2019s fact-checking team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-did-russia-defense-minister-sergei-shoigu-say-ussr-will-return-1728731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rated<\/a> the claim that Shoigu said the Soviet Union would return false. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/08\/fact-check-russian-ambassador-united-nations-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Russian Ambassador To The UN Say That Donald Trump Was Overthrown?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, this phrase was taken out of context and Newsweek reporting on the matter is correct,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ridl.io\/auth\/anton-barbashin-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Barbashin<\/a>, a political analyst and the editorial director at Russian affairs journal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riddlerussia?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Riddle<\/a>, told Check Your Fact in an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the goal of Russia\u2019s current war in Ukraine is to bring back the Soviet Union.Verdict: Misleading The clip is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}