Jim Armitage: Are both these keen anglers telling whoppers?
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Global Outlook Minsk's decision to hook Mr Baumgertner at the airport makes more sense of a bizarre little spat between Mr Lukashenko and Mr Putin last month.
It all started when Mr Putin posed with a vast pike he claimed to have caught in Siberia weighing some 21kg. He described the beast as a "gigantic animal", although commentators reckoned it must have been made of granite to weigh so much.
Mr Lukashenko responded, taking to Belarusian state television to claim he had just landed a catfish weighing an even more unlikely 57kg. His deputy prime minister gushed the beast was "as long as I am tall."
Sadly there was no evidence for Mr Lukashenko's fishy claim. But it will have tweaked the Kremlin's tail just as the potash row was bubbling up to the surface.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments