Scotland, Catalonia and Chechnya



The Herald reports on a 'fake news' row which has blown up ahead of Alex Salmond's  first outing on Kremlin TV.

 Maybe someone will ask the obvious question: 

 "Is it not completely hypocritical for the Kremlin to support the principle of self-determination in Scotland or Catalonia, for example, but not in the likes of Chechnya?"

  

Salmond sparks 'fake news' row with new TV show
By Tom Gordon - The Herald



ALEX Salmond has sparked a “fake news” row with his debut TV show on a Russian propaganda channel.

The former First Minister read out a series of Tweets he claimed had been sent to him in advance of the broadcast on the pro-Kremlin outlet RT.

However one was from a Twitter account that doesn’t exist and another was from an account that hasn’t sent a single tweet since it was set up in 2009.

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