DISINFO: The goal of the Soros foundation is to reformat Armenia from pro-Russian to anti-Russian
SUMMARY
The goal of the Soros foundation and many Western NGOs is to reformat Armenia from pro-Russian, loyal to Russia, to an anti-Russian country.
They do not need an open democratic society in Armenia, neither in Ukraine and other countries. They need countries that will fall under external control and neutralise Russian influence in the region.
RESPONSE
This message appeared in an article promoting the need for Armenia to enter into the Union State with Russia. In fact, there are no anti-Russian sentiments in Armenia. Armenia is a strategic partner of Russia in the South Caucasus region, there is a Russian military base on the territory of Armenia, the Russian border service guards the border of Armenia with Turkey.
This narrative about George Soros being a puppet master who organises 'colour revolutions' in post-communist states to tear them from Russia is a pro-Kremlin media staple. George Soros is regularly accused by pro-Kremlin media of controlling institutions, political groups, sexual minorities, refugees, but also of funding protests in several countries, destabilising Europe, attacking churches and traditional values as well as sponsoring the film "Joker" as a tutorial for colour revolutions.
George Soros is a philanthroper who established the Open Society Foundation in 1989. These foundations are the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for democratic governance and human rights and fund different type of projects. The organisation has financed projects on many different topics such as democratic practice, higher education, journalism and so on.
The Open Society Foundation-Armenia has contributed over $53 million to Armenia since it began its work in 1997. Since then, the foundation has supported a broad range of civil society groups, including women’s shelters, investigative journalism outlets, human rights defenders, and organisations monitoring elections and public spending.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Armenia is under Soros occupation, that agents of Soros are destroying Armenian statehood, that Open Society Foundations, as well as dozens of other foundations and NGOs, are serving foreign agendas to collapse Armenian statehood.
Read more about how pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets target George Soros.