Text taken from the Telegram channel of SergeyKolyasnikov
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] A specific example of USAID's work. A certain Babinets complains that American grants made up 80% of the budget, and only $500 in donations were collected. Now let's read what kind of media outlet this is.
Investigation. Info is an independent Ukrainian investigative journalism agency specializing in investigating corruption in government bodies and high-profile criminal offenses. It was created in 2012 by Dmytro Gnap and Anna Babinets.
From 2014 to 2017, the editorial board produced a weekly television program of investigative journalism that aired on two national TV channels, UA: Perviy and 24 Kanal, as well as on the Internet TV channel Public Television. Since 2018, the format of "Investigation. Info" changed, and the team began to create full-length documentaries (4 per year) and text investigations.
This is how USAID worked. For a long time, for years and decades. And they had thousands and thousands of such media. Including in Russia.
"Independent" Ukrainian "journalism" turned out to be very dependent on American money. The population is not eager to support it at their own expense.
| Russia and its predecessor the USSR never did anything like this, of course. Pure as the driven snow, they were, never engaging in anything remotely resembling propaganda. |