Russia spent more than $300 million to influence foreign politics, US charges (11)

Washington says Putin spent large sums of money to 'manipulate democracies from the inside': reports Michael Hernandez | 13.09.2022 WASHINGTON Russia has spent more than $300 million since 2014 in hopes of gaining influence over foreign government officials and political candidates sympathetic to Moscow, US intelligence reported Tuesday. The operations in more than two-dozen countries are detailed in a State