Conspiracy theories is a national sport in Russia
> A team of French, Danish and Swiss researchers, statisticians and scientists assembled to test each of the 17 Russian claims, and their findings unveiled today ruthlessly dismantle the lot.
Pffft. Their first mistake was to take them seriously. Come on. This is the country where they officially believe that Americans never landed on Moon, 9/11 was done by CIA, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by FBI, there are aliens in Area 51, NATO plans to occupy them and other such bull. Disparaging others to show how great Russia is is a government-sponsored national sport. Why debunk everything some loons claim? They can easily pull out some other insulting "theory" out of their ... well, the same place the previous came from.