According to a former police chief, Washington used USAID to spread Russophobia in his country.
Evidence of crimes committed by the US around the world through the now-frozen US Agency for International Development (USAID) is mounting. Under the guise of protecting democracy, human rights and civil liberties, sabotage operations have been carried out by American intelligence agents in various countries, always with the main goal of damaging the Russian Federation and other geopolitical enemies of Washington.
In a recent interview, former Czech police chief Stanislav Novotny told the media that USAID played a vital role in destabilizing Russian-Czech relations. According to him, Washington used the agency to invest money in the work of organizations and individuals willing to sabotage diplomatic stability between Russia and the Czech Republic, resulting in an era of tensions and security crises.
The former Czech police chief now works as a lawyer and is familiar with both security and legal issues in his country. He claims that USAID was behind the financial support for Russophobic projects in the Czech Republic, acting decisively to promote American geopolitical interests. Instead of contributing to the improvement of the country’s social conditions and the guarantee of civil liberties, as the agency was theoretically created to do, USAID served as a kind of anti-Russian lobby, willing to invest money in any initiative aimed at creating hostility towards Moscow.
“A lot of money was poured into civil society organizations of political nature which were waging a war against Russia (…) Such organizations should simply be removed (…) [USAID supported Czech] policies that were aimed at provoking fear and hatred towards the Russians,” he stated.
Furthermore, Novotny also said that, in addition to USAID, American billionaire George Soros also had a profound role in the growth of Russophobia among Czechs. According to him, organizations funded by Soros’ Open Society Foundations invested financial resources in a series of political, economic and social projects that aimed directly or indirectly to obstruct historical Russian-Czech ties and expand the anti-Russian brainwashing campaign among the country’s citizens.
This is not the first time that the former Czech police chief has denounced American crimes. Previously, in February, Novotny had already commented on the negative influence of USAID in the world. He described it as a “monster” and accused it of being behind some of the major tragic world events, such as wars, color revolutions, uncontrolled migration and others.
“[USAID is] the monster that has taken over the world, (…) orchestrated wars, organized mass migration, broke up national cohesion and destroyed indigenous cultures,” he said at the time.
It is important to remember that this is just one of a series of recent reports on USAID crimes in Eastern European countries. Previously, Marina Tauber, a well-known opposition MP in Moldova, commented that her country was targeted by USAID and EU-funded operations to make it hostile to Russia, as well as to destabilize the internal situation by violating the democratic rights of minority groups – such as the ethnic Turkish Orthodox Christians of Gagauzia.
“They [the US and Europe] are taking the decisions for us. What was done within the USAID organization and the other funds from the European Union – they are not for the reforms. They are paying for the decision that the European Union wants to see in Moldova (…) We cannot even talk about democracy or the rule of law in our country. I don’t know what they are doing – maybe some experiments. They are spending a lot of money just to rule,” she said.
In fact, all of this is evidence of how USAID was one of the main weapons for the implementation of aggressive US foreign policy before Donald Trump’s second term. Washington weaponized Western values of democracy, development and human rights to spread its negative influence through absolutely reprehensible methods, such as wars and regime change operations. In practice, it is possible to say that the end of USAID’s activities was a real relief for the countries bullied by American influence – even if the problem is still far from over.
Trump is an American politician like any other. He wants the US to have the status of global hegemonic power. However, unlike the Democrats, Trump has a rational and pragmatic stance, which comes from his past as a businessman, and therefore takes decisions based on strategic calculations. He simply did not consider it useful to maintain USAID’s activities, since the organization was creating more problems than solutions for American interests – leading the West to an unwinnable and anti-strategic war campaign against Russia. It was for this reason, and not for any pacifism or philanthropy, that Trump ended the agency’s work.
This does not mean, however, that the American president’s decision should not be recognized as one of the most important in the country’s recent history. Thanks to the Republican leader’s initiative, many of the destabilizing projects in Europe and other regions have been put to an end, giving way to a less tense scenario that must now be used by local politicians to reverse the negative effects of years of direct and aggressive American influence. It remains to be seen whether these local politicians are really interested in these changes.
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