Strong move for the USG to disclose this information, showing how the aggressive approach to declassifying Kremlin covert ops—which worked well in the run-up to the war in Ukraine—can be broadly extended to informing voters of assaults on democracy. 👏👏👏washingtonpost.com/politics/us-ru…
The intelligence community is right to point to 2014 as the year when the Kremlin dramatically escalated the scope of its financial interference operations.
Putin authorized campaigns against Europe in 2014, the United States in 2016, and Africa in 2018.
Putin authorized campaigns against Europe in 2014, the United States in 2016, and Africa in 2018.
Half of all financial interference in the world involves Russia targeting Europe, but China does it too against Australia, New Zealand, and Czechia. And both regimes bribe African leaders. The most common target of malign finance—hit more than 25 times—is the United States.
In terms of nonprofit conduits, think of the Delaware “adoptions” foundation lobbying against Russia sanctions, cultivation of elites through the NRA, environmental groups opposing US hydraulic fracking, Ghanaian nonprofit employing trolls pretending to be African Americans, etc.
In terms of corporate conduits, think of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman using an anonymous Delaware shell company to hide contributions funded by elite Russian businessmen.
For more than 100 examples in 33 countries, and rich details about how these financial interference operations work, read our full research report on #CovertForeignMoney. We came up with the same $300 million statistic revealed by the USG today. ⬇️ securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/covert-foreign…
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