DISINFO: Western NGOs desperate to prolong war to maintain unprecedented embezzlement
SUMMARY
Russian warnings about the consequences of continuing to push Ukraine to NATO membership and the violent consequences of that were useful to American NGOs, because the armed conflict there would allow them to embezzle funds on an unprecedented scale. It is no wonder that NGOs and think tanks on both sides of the Atlantic are going crazy about the possibility of this war ending. They will never find a similar source of income again.
RESPONSE
This claim is part of an ongoing pro-Kremlin campaign against international non-governmental organizations (NGO).
The claim is provided with no evidence and is designed to sow distrust in independent NGOs and civil society organisations whose work challenge pro-Kremlin narratives of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
NGOs working on Ukraine mostly focus on humanitarian relief and refugee aid, of which many of them rely on volunteers and under-paid frontline workers or are under-resourced, a far cry from being a channel for embezzlement. Many of them rely on governments' donations and grants, which are subject to public scrutiny and transparency requirements.
The suggestion that NGOs would benefit from prolonging the war shifts the blame for the war from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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