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This week we have stories about Russians, Republicans, and Obama's tie.
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Bill Browder's associates donated over $400 million to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
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It's fake!
This incorrect claim was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference with President Donald Trump. PolitiFact searched through financial records and found the donation amount to Clinton and the DNC from Browder (a Kremlin enemy) was a total of $315,000.
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A former Olympian wrote lewd messages on her former partner's home in pig blood.
Flickr: duncanh1
It's real!
Lizzie Purbrick wrote messages like “whore,” “lady slut,” and “big dick lord,” and drew a penis on the floor after catching him cheating on her, the Guardian reports.
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This is a real image of Putin pulling former president Barack Obama's tie.
Twitter: @MikeTokes
It's fake!
The image has been photoshopped, as the original image clearly shows no tie grab, Snopes reports.
Via Obama White House / Flicker Creative Commons
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This is picture of the 2,000-year-old sarcophagus that was just opened.
Ministry of Antiquities
It's real!
The sarcophagus has been opened and now we have 2,000-year-old bone soup.
Via Facebook: moantiquities
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A Republican candidate killed his mom in self-defense and used the story to defend gun rights.
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It's real!
Bobby Wilson told the story of defending himself against an alleged attacker without mentioning the person he killed was his mom.
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This is a photo of Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged with being an unregistered foreign agent.
Twitter: @search
It's fake!
Although the woman in the photo may look like Butina, the red-haired woman in the picture is actually an NSC staffer.
Via Twitter: @SimonMaloy
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Future Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is also a DJ who goes by the monicker DJ D-Sol.
Flickr: labelleinconnue
It's real!
The 56-year-old incoming CEO spins dubstep, CNBC reports.
CORRECTION
Goldman Sachs's, Bill Browder's, and DJ D-Sol's names were misspelled in an earlier version of this post.
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Jane Lytvynenko is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Toronto, Canada. PGP fingerprint: A088 89E6 2500 AD3C 8081 BAFB 23BA 21F3 81E0 101C.
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