Article 6V3RH Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid

Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid

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Joseph Gedeon in Washington
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V3RH)

Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrate

Moscow has welcomed the impending dissolution of USAid, joining a chorus of strongman leaders declaring victory over an organisation they have long portrayed as a vehicle of American political interference.

Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Thursday described USAid as anything but an aid, development and assistance agency" and instead branded it a mechanism for changing regimes, political order [and] state structure".

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