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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Candace Owens @RealCandaceO did not tell you the real reason she is going to Russia.

Candace will be joining Putin, Dugin & many Russian gov't, intel & propaganda operatives as a speaker at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

She said she "might" meet Dugin due to "Zionist lore" about him, as if her critics are making the meeting happen. The truth: Dugin was already scheduled as a speaker at the same event as her.

SPIEF, where Candace will speak on a panel, is a known hub for Russian intel. Leaked docs show that its panels serve as "recruitment pipelines" for foreign collaborators.

Top goals are "media partnerships" with "foreign influencers" as part of "state-directed soft power programs."

Its Organizing Committee includes Putin's top advisors & senior intel officials.

SPIEF is a hotspot for Russian intelligence's dirtiest activities--so dirty that one of Epstein's closest friends led SPIEF. He is a FSB Academy graduate & will also join Candace as a speaker there.

SPIEF helped Epstein get a Russian visa by inviting him to the event. Epstein helped SPIEF recruit attendees.

According to the SPIEF official's recommendation letter for Epstein's Russian assistant, she worked closely with SPIEF's Organizing Committee and was asked to speak at the event.

The Epstein files revealed that Epstein asked for the SPIEF official's help in dealing with a Russian model who was blackmailing powerful businessmen in New York. The SPIEF official provided him with information about her.

Epstein appears to have threatened her life by warning her that he'd send the FSB after her as an "enemy of the [Russian] people."

SPIEF is widely reported to swarm with Russian models & escorts who target affluent men. Many of them are likely doing so as part of honeypot intel operations to acquire "kompromat."

Now let's see who is on Candace's panel at SPIEF on June 4. Remember what the leaked docs said about SPIEF panels serving as "recruitment pipelines."

The title of her panel is "Big Family, Big Reach: New Demographics and Narratives for Media Managers."

The goal is to discuss how to achieve "deep engagement and long-term audience loyalty" with content that promotes "family values."

The subversive nature of the question posed in the panel's description is transparent:

"What is more effective: direct financial payments and targeted assistance or a comprehensive ecosystem?”

The moderator for Candace's panel, Maria Sittel, is sanctioned by the EU for her involvement in Russia's "hybrid warfare." She specifically targets European audiences with "information manipulation."

Co-panelist Alexander Zharov is sanctioned by the U.S. because he's one of the most powerful propagandists for the Russian government.

Putin appointed him as Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media in 2008 and then Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media from 2012-2020.

Candace's co-panelist Yulia Baranovskaya is sanctioned by the EU for her role in Russian disinformation campaigns and for financing Russia's genocidal war on Ukraine. She also justifies Russia's kidnapping of Ukrainian children from their parents.

Co-panelist Anna Kuznetsova is sanctioned by the US and is the Deputy Chairman of Russia’s State Duma.

She is described as a "protegee" of extremist Russian oligarch Konstanin Malofeev, who is sanctioned by the U.S. and identified by the Institute for the Study of War as one of Russia's top "cognitive warfighters."

He is a major figure in the Putin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate. Candace is a big fan of the ROC and once said on her Daily Wire show that she was ready to become a member.

Malofeev's cognitive warfare includes amplifying Candace's content on his Tsargrad TV network. He is also speaking at the SPIEF event.

Here's an example of the Russia-aligned "comprehensive ecosystem" that Candace's SPIEF panel will discuss.

When I went on Newsmax & mentioned that Russian and Iranian state media outlets constantly amplify Candace, RT (formerly Russia Today) responded by defending her--and amplifying her.

RT's Editor-in-Chief bragged after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine that "we were able to build an enormous network, an entire empire of covert projects that is working with the public opinion, bringing truth to Western audiences.”

Also relevant: Russian intelligence's bot & troll network immediately began aggressively boosting Candace and BLEXIT in 2018 right after she announced its formation.

One of those networks was used by Russian intel to attack French President Macron during France's elections.

Could that have something to do with why Candace bizarrely, obsessively, & inexplicably targeted Brigitte Macron years later and why she received so much social media visibility for it (and therefore audience growth & profit)?

Two more people joining Candace in speaking at SPIEF in Russia:

Andrey Bezrukov who was arrested as a deep-cover Russian spy in the U.S. in 2010. Have you ever seen "The Americans?" It's inspired by this guy and his wife.

Scott Ritter, a former UN inspector and convicted pedophile, who is under FBI investigation for illegally acting as a foreign agent of Russia.

He constantly appears on anti-American media platforms to declare that victory is imminent for Russia, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. He openly roots for the U.S., Israel and the West to be defeated.

During one of his trips to Russia, he gave a rousing speech for Russian and Chechen troops waging war on Ukraine. Those Chechens are led by pro-Putin Islamist Ramzan Kadyrov.

Yes, the "devoutly Christian" Putin & Russian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate endorses and assists jihadists. Together they preach in favor of their common Christian-Islamist "holy war" (or jihad, as the Islamists call it) against Ukraine and the West.

I have a full report coming out soon. Be sure to follow me and take a look at my earlier thread below for even more information. Your jaw will drop.

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Update: @TrevorLoudon1 has this now-deleted video from 2024 where Dugin explains that the purpose of SPIEF--the event in Russia that Candace is speaking at--is ideological warfare against the West for a "Multipolar World." Not economics, as the name of the Forum would indicate. Deception is all throughout this thing.

"We are just at the beginning of the transformation of the previous forum into something new: the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2.0, which will be precisely the tool - and maybe one of the most important tools - for the promotion of multipolarity."