Tag: Foreign influence

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Exposed: How British state tries to weaponise Russian-speakers in Baltics as ‘agents of change’ in operation to ‘weaken’ Moscow

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Leaked documents have revealed details of a massive secret British propaganda campaign aimed at making swathes of people in the Baltic states feel more positively about the West – and more negatively about their ethnic homeland. … Read More >Exposed: How British state tries to weaponise Russian-speakers in Baltics as ‘agents of change’ in operation to ‘weaken’ Moscow

Categories Latin America

US to Increase Pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro ‘Multilaterally’

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The United States plans to multilaterally increase pressure on Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, by working with global partners to bring about an electoral solution to the ongoing political crisis in the country, a senior US administration official told reporters. … Read More >US to Increase Pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro ‘Multilaterally’

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Venezuelan Opposition Claims Caracas Sent Over $1 Bln in Gold to Mali in Bullion-for-Cash Scheme

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Caracas has been forced to come up with some creative ways to come up with funds amid crushing US sanctions targeting its energy sector, exports, and even the import of basic necessities like medical supplies. The crisis has been compounded by the freezing and seizure of tens of billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets held abroad. … Read More >Venezuelan Opposition Claims Caracas Sent Over $1 Bln in Gold to Mali in Bullion-for-Cash Scheme

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Journalists working in Russia for international media could be deemed ‘foreign agents’ if they engage in politics, officials warn

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Journalists working for international outlets in Russia may be added to the foreign agents register, if they are deemed to have conducted activities “incompatible with their profession,” such as taking part in political protests. … Read More >Journalists working in Russia for international media could be deemed ‘foreign agents’ if they engage in politics, officials warn

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Navalny-linked Doctors’ Alliance branded ‘foreign agent’ by Russian Ministry of Justice for overseas funding & political activism

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A small but influential group of medics and political activists led by a close ally of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny will have to notify Russians that it is a foreign agent after a new ruling from officials in Moscow. … Read More >Navalny-linked Doctors’ Alliance branded ‘foreign agent’ by Russian Ministry of Justice for overseas funding & political activism

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CrossTalk, Quarantine Edition: Russia-EU impasse

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Russia-EU relations are at an impasse. The Kremlin has made it clear it will no longer tolerate the EU lecturing about values and so-called international norms. And the Russians have had enough of the EU’s interference in Russia’s internal politics. The EU refuses to treat Russia as an equal partner. Until this changes, this bilateral relationship appears to be on hold. … Read More >CrossTalk, Quarantine Edition: Russia-EU impasse

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Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny’s status

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After leaked documents, reported on by RT, exposed how both Meduza and MediaZona received illicit support from the UK government, the pair fired back with a vicious, and obviously fake, news story – and Western media fell for it. … Read More >Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny’s status

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Russian Foreign Ministry says Twitter no longer independent social media, but a tool of ‘digital diktat’ under control of West

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Twitter is rapidly changing from an independent platform into a tool of Western countries to impose a dictatorship over the internet. That’s according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, following a recent ban of Russian accounts. … Read More >Russian Foreign Ministry says Twitter no longer independent social media, but a tool of ‘digital diktat’ under control of West

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West ‘obsessed’ with imposing its own version of democracy in Belarus, country’s FM claims, urging closer ties with Russia instead

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When it comes to protest-hit Belarus, the US and EU are intent on imposing their own systems and values with no regard for the country’s own journey to democracy, its foreign minister has said, after successive waves of sanctions. … Read More >West ‘obsessed’ with imposing its own version of democracy in Belarus, country’s FM claims, urging closer ties with Russia instead