It is not a secret for anyone that the American democracy machine has many ways of infiltration into other countries, and now it is actively working in Russia, devouring millions of dollars from the budget of the United States.
This was told by the first deputy head of the commission for the development of the information community, the media and mass communications of the Public Chamber of Russia Alexander Malkevich, commenting on the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the US State Department is spending fabulous money Russia.
Malkevich calls the US actions cynical, considering how vehemently they accuse Moscow of far-fetched interference in the elections: “Almost twice a month a horror book appears in America about how they were deprived of the elections. If I am given the opportunity to visit there, I will replenish the collection of such “books”.
At the same time, the statesman emphasizes that this topic is “put on stream for a long time”, and in the meantime Washington, without a twinge of conscience, sponsors its own “democracy” in Russia. Washington put in about $ 250 million for the so-called “fight against disinformation”, he stresses.
“We cannot lose sight of many mass media operating in the Russian Federation. Many journalists go to the West, interning there, and returning back, they receive grants to conduct “independent investigations,” he stated.
In turn, political scientist Alexander Asafov stresses that Washington, traditionally, does not operate directly, but through various non-governmental organizations, the media and even “humanitarian programs.”
Another former US Deputy Prime Minister Joe Biden said that Washington is spending at least a billion dollars on such projects, because they allow “to complement the work of intelligence services,” Asafov concluded.