• Avila Chevalier made social media posts in February 2022 blaming the United States for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, claiming the US had been "bullying Russia ever since" the Cold War ended and that "war is lucrative for these sociopaths"¹.
• These comments closely echoed Russian President Vladimir Putin's own justifications for the invasion; Putin himself had used the word "bullying" at a rally a year before the assault¹.
• When pressed by reporters to answer for these posts, she refused to disavow them and claimed she could not remember the context, even when the posts were read aloud to her¹.
• Reason magazine reported that she commented "in favor of Russia's invasion of Ukraine" and was "affirmatively on the side of the attackers," not merely opposed to US involvement in the conflict².
• The New York Post reported that she "puppeted Putin's talking points" regarding the Ukraine war and had blamed the US for Russia's 2022 invasion¹.

Overall validity: 85%

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