DISINFO: USAID helped prepare coups in Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, etc.
SUMMARY
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) participated in the preparation of coups d'état, assisting in 'promoting democracy.'
The preparation and organisation of coups d'état in countries by funding projects and programmes aimed at training civil activists, election observers, and journalists; Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela - this is far from a complete list of countries that suffered from such assistance to "promote democracy."
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative framing popular protests as Western-led ‘colour revolutions’.
This claim was made in the context of the new US administration's decision to pause almost all international spending for 90 days while a review is conducted and dismantle the USAID.
Pro-Kremlin media frequently falsely portray popular protests around the world as instigated from abroad, often by the US and the West. The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to reports about protests in Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus, Venezuela, Slovakia, Hong Kong, to portray protest movements as aggressive actors who constantly prepare new coups.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was set up in the early 1960s to administer humanitarian aid programmes on behalf of the US government.
USAID was an independent US federal government agency that oversees the US government's international development and disaster assistance supporting American foreign policy. Through collaboration and investment, it aims to prevent poverty, save lives, bolster democratic governance, and assist individuals in resolving humanitarian crises and moving past aid.
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