# In defence of Russia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 6, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166 "2022-08-06T00:49:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166/1268 "2023-07-27T15:15:46Z")

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This gotcha of another Russian apologist, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, is wild!

Here’s what Seymour Hersh wrote in an article, published on the Substack platform and repeated on Russian state media:

> <https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1684525701091692544>

Bellingcat guy looks into the phrase “waif in his underwear”. Compare the number of google hits for the phrase in English and Russian:

> <https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1684568651893211140>
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> Укрзалізниця Superfan @notabanderite

> <https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1684576514300592128>
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> Aric Toler @AricToler

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