Elon Musk has access to sensitive information about dissidents and intelligence officials. Russia wants it.

It looks like Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government could put people’s lives at risk across the world.

USAID provided, among other things, funding for groups advocating for human rights and democratic reforms in states mired by autocratic regimes, as a form of U.S. soft power in places such as Russia. When Musk gutted the agency earlier this month, he baselessly claimed that USAID was “laundering” taxpayer funds into far-left sources.

Now Russia wants to know exactly where the money was going. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma, asked the U.S. Tuesday for a list of individuals and opposition groups in Russia who received money from USAID.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1005·
    6 days ago

    USAID provided, among other things, funding for groups advocating for human rights and democratic reforms in states mired by autocratic regimes, as a form of U.S. soft power in places such as Russia.

    Ohhhhh, that’s why the .ml tankies have been cheering on the dismantling of USAID. As usual, just more Russian propaganda that they are all too happy to push :/

  • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    6 days ago

    In a world where evil is this fucking obvious you’d think propoganda would struggle to work properly, and yet…

    Like, we can’t even satirize conservatives properly because they keep doing shit that’s way worse super publicly and without any shame.

    • Godort@lemm.eeEnglish
      25·
      6 days ago

      Dont forget that USAID played a role in dismantling Apartheid South Africa, which Musk has a personal grudge against.