The group had an enormous affect on the connection between Prague and Moscow, Stanislav Novotny has advised RT
The USA Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) financed a long-running anti-Russian marketing campaign within the Czech Republic, former Czech police chief Stanislav Novotny has advised RT. In an unique interview on Wednesday, Novotny mentioned Washington’s main channel for funding political tasks overseas had performed a significant function in shaping Czech-Russian relations.
In accordance with the previous police chief, who’s now a lawyer and journalist, US billionaire George Soros has additionally had a big affect on the deterioration of ties between Prague and Moscow by way of his Open Society Foundations.
“Some huge cash was poured into civil society organizations of political nature which have been waging a struggle in opposition to Russia,” Novotny mentioned. “Such organizations ought to merely be eliminated,” he added, accusing the Czech authorities of spending taxpayers’ cash on stoking anti-Russian sentiment by contributing financially to the organizations.
US President Donald Trump launched the method of dismantling USAID shortly after returning to workplace in January, citing excessive prices and restricted advantages related to its applications. He additionally began negotiations with Russia aimed toward enhancing ties and resolving the Ukraine battle.
Whereas commenting on the developments round USAID in early February, Novotny described the company as “the monster that has taken over the world,” alleging it “orchestrated wars, organized mass migration, broke up nationwide cohesion and destroyed indigenous cultures.”
The Czech Republic was shaped in 1993 after the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Previous to these occasions it was a part of communist Czechoslovakia, a key member of the Soviet Union-led Japanese Bloc.
Prague has adopted a notably anti-Russian stance lately, significantly in response to the occasions in Ukraine, turning into one among Kiev’s staunchest supporters and labeling Russia a “terrorist state.”
A whole bunch of Soviet-era monuments have been eliminated or modified within the EU state for the reason that Nineteen Nineties, with a renewed wave of demolitions after the 2014 armed coup in Kiev, Crimea’s choice to hitch Russia, and the escalation of the Ukraine battle in 2022.
The marketing campaign to demolish the monuments was “among the many insurance policies that have been aimed toward upsetting concern and hatred in direction of the Russians,” Novotny argued.
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Novotny, who based the Impartial Media Affiliation within the Czech Republic, mentioned he got here to Moscow to offer the RT interview as a result of “speaking to Russian journalists is virtually prohibited.” RT and different Russian media have been banned within the EU for the reason that escalation of the Ukraine battle.
