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Kasparov warned of Russian plot: Welt names US services, Libération adds Lithuania's

Garry Kasparov says security services told him his life is in danger. Three European papers carry his account. They differ on who warned him, and only one calls it escalation. No security service is quoted.

Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen
Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen as published by Welt · seen at Welt
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What we hold. Three reports from 1 October, each only an opening paragraph. All three rest on Kasparov's own account. None quotes a security service. None quotes a reply from Moscow.

Who warned him. The papers give three answers.

Outlet Who warned him Who else Source given
Libération US and Lithuanian services Ivan Tyutrin, a supporter his social media posts
Welt US services — "nach eigenen Angaben" (his own account)
De Standaard not named in what we hold — his words: "Mijn leven is in gevaar"

A list, or a plot. Welt's headline says Kasparov is said to be on a "Liste von Attentatszielen", a list of assassination targets. It hedges with "soll" ("is said to"). No other report mentions a list.

Escalation, says Welt. Welt adds a line of its own: "Es wäre eine neue Stufe russischer Eskalation" (it would be a new stage of Russian escalation). It names no one who holds that view. Neither of the other reports makes the claim.

What is not settled

  • Whether any US or Lithuanian agency confirms the warning. No report quotes one.
  • Whether Lithuania was involved. Only Libération says so.
  • What the threat is: a list, a plot, or a general warning.
  • How Russia responds. We hold no report with a Russian reply.
  • What De Standaard's full article says. We hold only its headline and a standard line.

What this is about. Garry Kasparov is a Russian critic of Vladimir Putin who lives in exile. He says Western security services warned him that Russia plans to kill him.

How it got here. Kasparov was world chess champion from 1985 to 2000. After he retired he went into opposition politics against Putin, who has led Russia as president or prime minister since 1999. Kasparov left Russia in 2013 and has campaigned against the Kremlin from abroad ever since. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Since then Moscow has added many exiled critics to its lists of foreign agents, extremists and terrorists. Kasparov is one of them. Many exiles settled in the Baltic states and in western Europe. Lithuania is an EU and NATO member that borders Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad region. It hosts a large community of Russian exiles in Vilnius. In March 2024 Leonid Volkov, an aide to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home there. Lithuanian authorities blamed Russian services. Moscow denies directing attacks on its critics abroad.

The actors. Kasparov makes the claim. Libération names a second man who was warned with him, Ivan Tyutrin, one of his supporters. The United States and Lithuania are the countries whose services the reports name. Russia is the alleged author of the plot. It is not quoted.

What is at stake. If a state service confirms a plot, it adds to European governments' accusations of Russian operations on their soil. If nothing is confirmed, the story remains one man's account.

Where it stands. On 1 October Kasparov made the warning public. Papers in Germany, France and Belgium carried it. In the reports we hold, no government has confirmed it.

What is being argued about

  • Which security services warned Kasparov: US only, or US and Lithuanian
  • Whether a target list exists, on Kasparov's word alone
  • Welt's own unattributed judgement that it would be escalation
  • A second man warned, Ivan Tyutrin, carried by Libération only
Who warned Kasparov, paper by paperSide by side
OutletWho warned himCalls it escalation?Source given
LibérationUS and Lithuanian servicesNohis social media posts
WeltUS servicesYes, in its own voicehis own account
De Standaardnot named in what we holdNohis own words, in the headline
Each paper gives a different answer. All three rest on Kasparov's own account.
Sources L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Russische schaker en Kremlin-criticus Kasparov gewaarschuwd voor moordcomplot: “Mijn leven is in gevaar” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4322 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
1 October: three papers, one accountTimeline
  1. 2026-10-0111:29 Libération publication time Libération Names US and Lithuanian services, and a second man warnedsourced to Kasparov's social media
  2. 2026-10-0111:57 De Standaard publication time De Standaard Headline quotes Kasparov: "Mijn leven is in gevaar"no service named in what we hold
  3. 2026-10-0113:13 Welt publication time Welt Names US services only; says Kasparov is said to be on a target listadds: it would be a new stage of escalation
Times are publication times, UTC.
Sources L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Russische schaker en Kremlin-criticus Kasparov gewaarschuwd voor moordcomplot: “Mijn leven is in gevaar” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4322 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One source, two versions

Every report rests on Kasparov's own account. One names two countries' security services, one names only the US, and one names none. No report quotes a reply from Moscow or a statement from either security service.

1 reports naming Lithuania 1 reports naming only the US 0 reports quoting a Russian response
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Russische schaker en Kremlin-criticus Kasparov gewaarschuwd voor moordcomplot: “Mijn leven is in gevaar” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4322 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
Left estimate · not a score
Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified US security services warned Garry Kasparov that his life was in danger from a Russian plot.
Welt and Libération both carry the warning, but both say it comes from Kasparov's own statement. That is one account, and no security service is quoted confirming it.
Checked against 2 sources:
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Lithuanian security services were also among those who warned Kasparov.
Only Libération names Lithuanian services alongside American ones. Welt names only the US services, and De Standaard's lede names none.
Checked against 3 sources:
L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
Centre estimate · not a score
De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Russische schaker en Kremlin-criticus Kasparov gewaarschuwd voor moordcomplot: “Mijn leven is in gevaar” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4322 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Kasparov is on a Russian 'list of assassination targets'.
Welt's headline makes this claim with a hedge ('soll' – 'is said to be') and gives no source beyond Kasparov's own account. No other report mentions a list.
Checked against 1 source:
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Welt
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Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Von Geheimdienst gewarnt – Kreml-Kritiker Kasparow soll auf „Liste von Attentatszielen“ stehen Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7430 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to mention a "list of assassination targets", hedged with "soll". It is also the only one to call the plot "a new stage of Russian escalation", and it attributes that to no one.
Der im Exil lebende russische Kreml-Kritiker und frühere Schach-Weltmeister Garri Kasparow ist nach eigenen Angaben von westlichen Sicherheitsdiensten vor einer Gefahr für sein Leben gewarnt worden. Das schrieb er in einem am Mittwoch auf Substack veröffentlichten Beitrag (verlinkt auf https://substack.com/home/post/p-218243672) . Demnach habe er einen Hinweis erhalten, in dem stand, dass sein Leben und das seines langjährigen Kollegen Ivan Tjutrin „in Gefahr ist und wir Vorsichtsmaßnahmen ergreifen sollten“. Auslöser der Warnung war demnach eine „Liste von Attentatszielen“, auf der die Namen
Who warned him: names US services only and attributes this to Kasparov — “Nach eigenen Angaben warnten ihn US-Sicherheitsdienste vor der Gefahr.”
What is stated flat: calls it escalation without saying who says so — “Es wäre eine neue Stufe russischer Eskalation.”
Stated flat: the report's own judgement of escalation, attributed to no one — “Es wäre eine neue Stufe russischer Eskalation.”
Who warned: names US services only, attributed to Kasparov — “Nach eigenen Angaben warnten ihn US-Sicherheitsdienste”
Hedged: the plot itself is hedged with 'soll' — “Garri Kasparow soll Ziel eines russischen Attentatsplans gewesen sein.”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article6abe2458056c45024e2128fd/rus…
D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent Russische schaker en Kremlin-criticus Kasparov gewaarschuwd voor moordcomplot: “Mijn leven is in gevaar” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at De Standaard → What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4322 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries Kasparov's own words in its headline, "Mijn leven is in gevaar" (my life is in danger), and files the story under the war in Ukraine.
Volg hier alle recente ontwikkelingen in de oorlog in Oekraïne. Download de app DS Nieuws en krijg een melding bij belangrijke updates.
Framing: filed under the war in Ukraine; the headline carries only Kasparov's own words — “Volg hier alle recente ontwikkelingen in de oorlog in Oekraïne.”
Read it at De Standaard → https://www.standaard.be/buitenland/russische-schaker-en-kremlin-critic…
L Libération
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Libération 🇫🇷FR · digital · L’ancien champion d’échecs Garry Kasparov, opposant au Kremlin, prévenu que sa vie est «en danger» Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Libération → What we have measured Accuracy of office Calls him mayor of the département, not the town. ×1Actor label The Houthis are called 'rebels' in the report's own voice. ×1Admission and denial split Separates what the MEP admits (removing the flag) from what she denies (trampling it). ×1Affiliation named links her to a French channel ×1 from 4069 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report to name Lithuanian services, a second man warned (Ivan Tyutrin) and Kasparov's age, 63. It sources the warning to his social media.
Le dissident russe de 63 ans, actuellement en exil, et Ivan Tyutrin, l’un de ses soutiens, ont été alertés par les services de sécurité américains et lituaniens, a-t-il annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux.
Who warned him: names US and Lithuanian services and attributes this to Kasparov's own social media posts — “ont été alertés par les services de sécurité américains et lituaniens, a-t-il annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux”
Who warned: names US and Lithuanian services and a second person warned — “ont été alertés par les services de sécurité américains et lituaniens, a-t-il annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux”
Read it at Libération → https://www.liberation.fr/international/europe/lancien-champion-dechecs…
Checked, didn’t cover
D De Telegraaf
Centre-right estimate · not a score
De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10007 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1265 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
Centre-right estimate · not a score
El Mundo 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The dispute is between named Spanish officials over who was warned. There is no figure of Moroccan personnel. ×1Actor named The dispute is between named officials, and the report carries no figure. ×1Asserted, not attributed defiance of a named president is stated flat as what the meeting was ×1Asserted not attributed States Moscow's own reason, retaliation, as fact ×1 from 4696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Brussels Signal
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Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3484 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8171 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7318 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
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Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9728 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5695 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
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Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2929 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7680 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Politico Europe
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Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1191 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4466 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1 from 4737 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
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NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2337 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3294 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1244 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
ABC
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
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Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
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Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5383 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
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Le Soir 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Die Presse
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Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
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Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
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Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
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Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
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la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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