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https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-politics-presidential-elections-03d0ae84fb34833b78b1753d0a9602dbUS: Russia spent $300M to covertly influence world politics
By NOMAAN MERCHANT
WASHINGTON (AP) Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, the State Department alleges in a newly released cable.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who signed the cable released Tuesday, cites a new intelligence assessment of Russias global covert efforts to support policies and parties sympathetic to Moscow. The cable does not name specific Russian targets but says the U.S. is providing classified information to select individual countries.
Its the latest effort by the Biden administration to declassify intelligence about Moscows military and political aims, dating back to ultimately correct assessments that Russia would launch a new war against Ukraine. Many of President Joe Bidens top national security officials have extensive experience countering Moscow and served in government when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a wide-ranging campaign to influence the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections.
A senior administration official declined to say how much money Russia is believed to have spent in Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top deputies have long accused Putin of meddling in domestic politics.
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US: Russia spent $300M to covertly influence world politics (Original Post)
dalton99a
Sep 2022
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ananda
(28,889 posts)1. Yup. Thank you, Ukraine.
Let's put an end to that.
Farmer-Rick
(10,222 posts)2. Boy, that's cheap for getting a stupid psychopath into the presidency.
It's so easy to bribe officials in a capitalist government because money is life.
canuckledragger
(1,670 posts)3. That's a lot of money to pay for Twitter trolls...
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malaise
(269,237 posts)4. How much is the US spending?
😀
Irish_Dem
(47,570 posts)5. Easier, cheaper, more successful way to wage a war. Why did Putin wage a typical war in Ukraine?