What was the reaction of the russian state after this happened?

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If you tell one lie once in a while, you know, then people can argue about it. It can be proved or disproved. If you tell hundreds of lies, if you tell them over and over again, different lies from different directions every day, what you create is cynicism and nihilism and confusion and belief that no truth can ever be known. A great example of how this was done was the malasian plane that crashed in eastern ukraine in 20 14. The russian state media put out literally dozens of explanations for why the plane was shut down. And trump uses this same tactic.

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