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China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US

South China Morning Post · · 186 words · By Victoria Bela
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“China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general descriptions of Tsinghua University and an unrelated biography of a diplomat. There is no mention of German Gref receiving an honor from the university in the provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carlos Pascual (born 1959) is a Cuban-American diplomat and the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Ukraine under President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton respectively. He served at the U.S. Agency fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Pascual_(diplomat)
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web search NEUTRAL — Tsinghua University's campus is in northwestern Beijing, on the site of the former imperial gardens of the Qing dynasty. The university has 21 schools and 59 departments, with faculties in science, en…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsinghua_University
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web search NEUTRAL — A thriving community of creative and accomplished people from around the world.
https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/index.htm
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“German (also known as Herman) Gref, CEO and chairman of Russia’s Sberbank, has been given the title of “distinguished visiting professor” by Tsinghua University”
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While the evidence confirms German Gref is the Chairman of Sberbank, the only mention of a 'Distinguished Visiting Professor' at Tsinghua University refers to a different person (Siddharth Chatterjee). There is no evidence in the provided text confirming Gref received this title.
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web search NEUTRAL — Professor Siddharth Chatterjee appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University.
https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/
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web search NEUTRAL — German Oskarovich Gref is a Russian politician and banker. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Gref
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web search NEUTRAL — German Gref is the Chairman of Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, which is majority-owned by the Russian Central Bank. Gref served for seven years, from 2000 to 2007, as the Minister for Trade and Econo…
https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/politics-and-s…
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“Gref was part of the delegation accompanying Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing for a two-day state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping”
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The evidence confirms that President Vladimir Putin conducted two-day state visits to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping (reported by The Guardian and Al Jazeera), but none of the provided sources mention German Gref being part of that specific delegation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Public JSC Sberbank is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. As the Russian successor entity of the State Labor Savings Banks System of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sberbank
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Sovi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who served as the President of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and Prime Minister of Russia from 2012 to 2020. As of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev
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“Gref was awarded the title for his contributions to technology transformation and the development of artificial intelligence in Russia and internationally.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general university descriptions and an unrelated biography. There is no mention of German Gref's contributions to AI or technology transformation in relation to an award from Tsinghua University.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carlos Pascual (born 1959) is a Cuban-American diplomat and the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Ukraine under President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton respectively. He served at the U.S. Agency fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Pascual_(diplomat)
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web search NEUTRAL — Tsinghua University's campus is in northwestern Beijing, on the site of the former imperial gardens of the Qing dynasty. The university has 21 schools and 59 departments, with faculties in science, en…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsinghua_University
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web search NEUTRAL — A thriving community of creative and accomplished people from around the world.
https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/index.htm
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