Did Russian Embassy in US Retweet Candace Owens ‘Russian Lives Matter’ Post?

In mid-March 2022, a tweet reportedly by conservative political commentator Candace Owens became a topic of social media debate after the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the U.S. retweeted the post that said, “Russian lives matter,” among other things. 

This claim is true.

On March 9, Owens tweeted: “Absolutely appalling the way Russians are being treated in America and abroad. That our leaders and government institutions are allowing for—and at times calling for this discrimination following their global ‘black lives matter’ hysteria is quite telling. Russian lives matter.”