{"id":1220985,"date":"2025-09-19T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1220985"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:10:42","slug":"russian-intelligence-spending-on-foreign-propaganda-projects-surges-ukraine-s-spy-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-intelligence-spending-on-foreign-propaganda-projects-surges-ukraine-s-spy-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Intelligence Spending on Foreign Propaganda Projects Surges \u2013 Ukraine\u2019s Spy Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia has <strong>sharply increased funding for propaganda projects targeting foreign audiences<\/strong> and for programs promoting the Russian language abroad, according to a report by Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-world\/4037817-u-rf-zrosli-vidatki-na-propagandistski-proekti-dla-inozemciv-rozvidka.html\">Ukrinform<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal agency <strong>Rossotrudnichestvo<\/strong> has already spent <strong>around $4.6 million<\/strong> on foreign-focused propaganda initiatives in 2025\u2014<strong>one and a half times more than last year<\/strong>, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest share\u2014<strong>about $4 million<\/strong>\u2014went to the <strong>\u201cNew Generation\u201d project<\/strong>, which aims to build a network of <strong>pro-Kremlin young activists, journalists, and entrepreneurs overseas<\/strong>. This is <strong>triple the amount spent in 2024<\/strong> (about $1.4 million). SZRU noted that <strong>around 1,600 participants<\/strong>\u2014mainly from <strong>Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America<\/strong>\u2014are expected to visit Russia under the program this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spending to <strong>promote the Russian language<\/strong> has also risen dramatically. Funding for the <strong>state language program<\/strong> jumped from <strong>$5.6 million in 2024 to $20 million in 2025<\/strong>, with nearly <strong>$11 million<\/strong> allocated to projects such as the <strong>Russkiy Mir Foundation<\/strong> and the <strong>\u201cWindow into Russia\u201d educational portal<\/strong> developed by state media outlet <strong>RT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, <strong>$1.9 million<\/strong> was spent on supplying <strong>Russian-language teaching materials to foreign schools and cultural centers<\/strong>, <strong>double the previous year\u2019s total<\/strong>, the intelligence report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, SZRU highlighted that <strong>Russia\u2019s federal budget lacks at least $120 million needed to purchase life-saving medicines<\/strong> for people with rare diseases, including treatments for <strong>hemophilia, cancer and multiple sclerosis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukrainian intelligence service said the Kremlin is moving into the <strong>final stage of a campaign to \u201cRussify\u201d national minorities and ethnic groups<\/strong> inside Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has sharply increased funding for propaganda projects targeting foreign audiences and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1220987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1220985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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