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The Moscow Times: Russian embassy in UK says Everest is part of Russia

Published Sept. 11, 2017 at 9:09 pm

This picture taken on April 20, 2015 shows a view of Mount Everest (Background) and Nupse (Foreground) taken from the village of Tembuche in the Kumbh region of north-eastern Nepal.

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The Russian Embassy in the U.K. said Mount Everest was part of Russia on its Twitter account before deleting the tweet on September 11.

“Good morning! (Mount Everest, Russia),” the erroneous post read, with a photograph of the snow-capped summit attached.