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The recent revelations about the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) links to extremist groups and shady projects validate concerns long expressed by Russia, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, told the UN Security Council on Monday.

In one of his first executive orders after taking office on January 20, US President Donald Trump suspended all US foreign aid, pending a three-month review. The decision is part of a broader plan to significantly reduce government spending. USAID is Washington’s primary agency for administering foreign aid and political projects abroad.

The agency also underwent an inspection by the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, earlier this month. Musk subsequently branded it a “criminal organization” that he believes was financing bioweapons research, including projects that allegedly led to the emergence of Covid-19.

Russia was “not at all surprised by the recent revelations regarding the USAID activities,” Nebenzia said. “We have long spoken about the fact that it has been financing radical elements throughout the world,” he stated, adding that such remarks were previously dismissed as “Russian propaganda” but eventually turned out to be true.

Last week, a senior Russian lawmaker, Konstantin Kosachev, said Musk’s accusations against USAID only confirm what Moscow was aware of all along. Russia knew that USAID was sponsoring biological laboratories around the world, including in Ukraine, Kosachev, the deputy head of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, said in a Telegram post.

“I can confirm that we have seen this funding through the USAID,” according to the lawmaker, who had previously co-headed a parliamentary investigative committee studying the activities of US biological laboratories. USAID grants were often just a “cover-up” for US military projects linked to biological weapon technologies, he claimed.

In early February, the agency closed its main office in Washington, DC, and told personnel to stay away after Trump halted its programs. Last Saturday, however, a US court temporarily barred USAID from putting thousands of employees on paid leave. A lawsuit was also filed on behalf of two labor unions representing federal workers in a bid to prevent the agency from being shut down.

https://www.rt.com/russia/612484-usaid-support-radicals-russian-propaganda/

 

GUSNOTE: TRUMP'S GANGSTERS ARE FORMULATING A "LESS EXPENSIVE USAID" SYSTEM...

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

victimisation....

The Russian UN mission in New York faces significant pressure and poor treatment from its American hosts, Moscow’s deputy UN envoy, Dmitry Polyansky has told RT. The US authorities regularly impose various restrictions, including visa bans, to convey that Russian diplomats are “not welcome,” he said.

Russian diplomats have been facing “a lot of limitations,” Polyansky said on Monday. “The host country is trying to be very nasty towards us and towards our requirements.” Washington lets Russian diplomats into the country but denies them visas, he explained, adding that the UN mission staff end up facing serious restrictions to their freedom of movement.

“You can stay without a visa, but you can’t leave and then come back if you don’t have a US visa. So many of my colleagues can’t do it. Our relatives are not allowed to visit us. They are denied visas. We have a limit of 25 miles in terms of travel, which is very strict,” the deputy envoy explained.

According to Polyansky, the measures are aimed at making Russian diplomats feel unwelcome in the US and show that they “are enemies of the host country.” Despite the pressure, however, the mission remains committed to its work, Polyansky said. He noted that over the years the staff had become accustomed to such treatment. The diplomat also said the Russian embassy in the US faces even harsher treatment and more intense pressure.

Moscow has repeatedly drawn attention to the mistreatment of its diplomats working at the nation’s mission to the UN in New York. In 2023, another Russian deputy UN envoy, Maria Zabolotskaya, told the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country about what she called a years-long campaign by the US government to undermine the work of the mission.

READ MORE: US spooks harassing Russia’s UN diplomats – Moscow

Members of the mission were constantly approached by agents of the US special services and bombarded with FBI recruitment ads, according to Zabolotskaya. There were also delays in visa applications being processed and movement restrictions, she said at the time, urging Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene.

https://www.rt.com/russia/612493-us-russian-un-mission-enemies/

 

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         Gus Leonisky

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