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Thousands flock to Vilnius for festival celebrating Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup Vilnius, LITHUANIA (AP) — A festival honoring Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup brought tens of thousands of visitors Saturday to its capital city, … Related storyboards

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What happened

Thousands flock to Vilnius for festival celebrating Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup Vilnius, LITHUANIA (AP) — A festival honoring Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup brought tens of thousands of visitors Saturday to its capital city, … Related storyboards

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Nina Jankowicz — who was ousted from the U.S federal Disinformation Governance Board in 2022. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Nina Jankowicz — who was ousted from the U.S federal Disinformation Governance Board in 2022.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Nina Jankowicz — who was ousted from the U.S federal Disinformation Governance Board in 2022”
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Wikipedia confirms that the Disinformation Governance Board was established and disbanded in 2022 and that Nina Jankowicz was named its executive director.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), established and disbanded in 2022. The board's stated function was to protec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Boar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nina Jankowicz (born 1988 or 1989) is an American researcher and writer. She is the author of How to Lose the Information War (2020), on Russian use of disinformation as geopolitical strategy, and How…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Jankowicz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Disinformation is false or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive people, or to secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm. Disinformation is an orchestrated adve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation
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Claim 2: “Lithuania's reshuffled government will aim to secure a long-term presence of U.S. military units in the NATO country”
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The claim is reported by Reuters and UNN, both citing a coalition cabinet agreement signed on a Thursday regarding the long-term presence of U.S. military units.
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web search NEUTRAL — VILNIUS, June 18 (Reuters) - Lithuania's reshuffled government will aim to secure a long-term presence of U.S. military units in the NATO country, which borders both Russia and Belarus, a coalition ca…
https://www.aol.com/articles/lithuanias-coalition-seeks-long…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lithuania's reshaped government will seek to ensure the long-term presence of US military units in this NATO country, which borders both Russia and Belarus, according to a coalition government agreeme…
https://unn.ua/en/news/new-coalition-in-lithuania-seeks-long…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lithuania has been left without an armoured U.S. battalion of about 1,000 troops this summer for the first time since 2020.
https://tvpworld.com/93877447/lithuanias-new-coalition-seeks…
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Claim 3: “A festival honoring Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup brought tens of thousands of visitors Saturday to its capital city”
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Multiple independent web search results (Xinhua, and other entertainment/news sources) confirm the Pink Soup Fest in Vilnius attracts tens of thousands of visitors on a Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lithuania's traditional cold beet soup is seen during the Vilnius Pink Soup Fest in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 30, 2026. Thousands of residents and tourists joined the annual event here on Saturday ce…
https://english.news.cn/20260531/43bbbf43eb2f4a90ae862e76708…
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web search NEUTRAL — A cook serves Saltibarsciai soup during the Pink Soup Fest in Vilnius, June 10, 2023. Saltibarsciai is a traditional Lithuanian cold beet soup usually served in summer and usually made with buttermilk…
https://www.russianews.net/news/273861099/lithuania-capital-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vilnius hosted a vibrant celebration of Lithuania's iconic cold beet soup, attracting tens of thousands to its capital. The festival, infused with pink hues, captivated an international audience over …
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/3927045-v…
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Claim 4: “Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the [ISS], has died”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the death of Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev on June 17, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev (Russian: Николай Петрович Бурляев; born 3 August 1946) is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and politician from Moscow. Born into a family of actors, Burlyayev sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Burlyayev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Самокутяев; 13 March 1970 – 17 June 2026) was a Russian politician and cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the Inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samokutyaev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of people who have been awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation. It has been awarded more than 970 times, of which more than 440 were posthumously.
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Claim 5: “Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space [for Aleksandr Samokutyaev]”
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Sources provide conflicting numbers for days in space. One source (Ars Technica via web search) mentions 322 days, while another in the same search result mentions 332 days. Flipboard corroborates 322 days, but the discrepancy in the primary reporting makes it disputed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созыва) is the current convoc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_State_Duma
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ... ... Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space. arstechnica.com ... Space Station, Aleksandr Samokutyaev logged 332 days in orbit.
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web search NEUTRAL — He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two spacewalks. Lonchakov ... Surayev and cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev performed a spacewalk ...
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