Russia Spent $300 Million To Covertly Influence World Politics
View Source | September 14, 2022 2:22 pm
- 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.
- The cable, signed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and released on Tuesday, cites a new intelligence assessment of Russia’s global covert efforts to support policies and parties sympathetic to Moscow.
- The cable does not name specific Russian targets but says the US is providing classified information to select individual countries.
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