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The Kremlin Cries Rape for Propaganda in Germany

LURID TALE

No, 13-year-old Liza was not raped by a gang of Arabs or North Africans for 30 hours, as Russia’s top state channel claimed—but the truth was never the point of the broadcast.

Michael Weiss

Contributing Editor

Published Feb. 2 2016 12:13AM EST

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Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss

Contributing Editor

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