Persecution of Sputnik, RT Contributors Highlights US Hypocrisy – Ex-CIA Analyst

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Persecution of Sputnik, RT Contributors Highlights US Hypocrisy – Ex-CIA Analyst

Persecution of Sputnik, RT Contributors Highlights US Hypocrisy – Ex-CIA Analyst

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The US’ persecution marketing campaign in opposition to journalists and political dissidents with ties to Russian media accelerated Wednesday when new repressive measures have been introduced in opposition to a number of entities.

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The US’ persecution marketing campaign in opposition to journalists and political dissidents with ties to Russian media accelerated Wednesday when new repressive measures have been introduced in opposition to a number of entities.New sanctions have been introduced in opposition to 10 people and two organizations below the umbrella of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, together with RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik and Ruptly. The sanctions goal these entities for alleged “hostile interference within the presidential elections,” the US Treasury Division claimed. The measures additionally goal editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya and RT Margarita Simonyan and several other high managers at RT.Ex-CIA analyst and former State Division counterterrorism skilled Larry Johnson spoke with Sputnik Wednesday in regards to the startling improvement, the newest try by the Biden administration to form political discourse on-line and within the media.“The newest stunt pulled by the Biden Division of Justice to declare all of those sanctions on Russia for alleged interference within the US political system is a degree of hypocrisy that’s staggering in its magnitude and in its foulness,” Johnson mentioned.“This yr [the US has] allotted nearly $4 billion to intrude or meddle within the political affairs of different nations,” he continued. “$315 million of that goes to the Nationwide Endowment for Democracy. $300 million is particularly what they name counter-Russian affect. And one other $2.9 billion is for ‘democracy’ packages. And these have been used principally to run propaganda, to pay folks, to prepare ‘democracy’ packages in locations like Georgia.”The US regularly funds pro-Western media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in overseas nations it targets for regime change to pave the way in which for a pro-US authorities to come back to energy. Creator and journalist William Blum documented over 50 examples of serious US interference in different nations since World Conflict II in his traditional ebook Killing Hope, largely based mostly on the surprising revelations of ex-CIA agent Philip Agee.Extra not too long ago the US has interfered in nations comparable to Brazil, Indonesia and Ukraine, paving the way in which for the latter nation’s extremist anti-Russia authorities by means of its assist for the Euromaidan coup in 2014.“I do not know what number of tens of millions of {dollars} are allotted to the Central Intelligence Company for added covert actions designed to plant tales in media, to create digital media, to affect social networks throughout the board,” Johnson continued. “It is america that is meddling. With respect to your entire bogus declare that Russia interfered within the 2016 election, we now know definitely that that was a Democrat operation led by Hillary Clinton and her crew,” he added.“How is a information community that is not allowed to broadcast and that’s shut [out] of social media in america speculated to affect [the election]? … It simply goes throughout the board that they’ll attempt to assault any form of various voice within the media.”Johnson famous that he has been subjected to a “pre-interview” with most tv information retailers he has appeared on, such because the BBC, MSNBC, Fox Information, CBS and the CBC, throughout which workers for every outlet tried to determine what he would say when interviewed dwell on air. RT was one among solely two retailers that by no means subjected him to the apply, he mentioned.“It is the so-called ‘free democracies’ that wish to run that litmus check,” he mentioned.Johnson mentioned the current persecution of figures related to RT and Sputnik is merely one other try and run the “Russiagate” playbook, trying to discredit various media retailers that critique US overseas coverage. “Electoral interference” continues to happen, Johnson claimed, however it’s not the Russians however the US authorities that’s engaged in an try and affect and management the favored narrative for its personal profit.

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The US regularly funds pro-Western media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in overseas nations it targets for regime change to pave the way in which for a pro-US authorities to come back to energy.