#foreignagent — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/206511/ ‘Sovereignty’ bill seeking to deter foreign influence has drawn widespread concern in Uganda #CivicGroups #ForeignAgent #ForeignAgents #ForeignCurrency #kampala #SovereigntyBill #Uganda #UgandaLawSociety #YoweriMuseveni
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remember kids...
Pam Bondi was/is still a registered foreign agent of Qatar.
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From 2014... How #USEvangelicals Fueled the Rise of #Russia’s ‘#ProFamily’ Right
An alliance is born between #AntiGay, #AntiAbortion American groups and the #RussianOrthodoxChurch
by Adam Federman, January 7, 2014
Long excerpt [pay attention to the names named!] :
"This rising #Russian social #conservative movement frequently invokes the argument that #ProGay and #WomensRights groups are puppets of the West, which is seeking to undermine Russian autonomy and interfere in the country’s internal affairs. At an annual meeting of journalists and academics presided over by Vladimir #Putin in Valdai in September, the Russian president said that European countries had strayed from their roots by legalizing #GayMarriage. He urged Russians to embrace the conservative values of the #OrthodoxChurch and other traditional religions and issued a warning to those who might want to challenge those values. 'Russia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity are unconditional—these are red lines no one is allowed to cross,' he declared.
"Several #LGBT rights groups have been targeted under another new law, which requires any nongovernmental organization that receives funding from other countries for political activities to register as a '#ForeignAgent.' Failure to do so can lead to investigations, legal action or crippling fines. The implication is that these groups are not only agents of the West but also out of touch with everyday Russians.
"The irony is that it is the new conservative vanguard—anti-gay, anti-abortion and pro–'#TraditionalFamily'—that has most successfully cultivated the West’s financial and institutional support. Scott Lively, an extreme anti-gay campaigner, all but took credit for the new law, calling it 'one of the proudest achievements of my career,' while #BrianBrown, president of the #NationalOrganizationForMarriage, visited Moscow with much fanfare just before the new law was passed. But the language of Russia’s anti-gay and anti-abortion movement seems to borrow most heavily from mainstream evangelicals and conservative politicians in the United States and Europe. Referring to the anti-abortion bill passed in 2011, Lyubov Erofeeva, executive director of the Russian Association for Population and Development, a women’s advocacy group, said: 'It was 100 percent clear that everything was copied from the experience of American #fundamentalists and conservative circles of several European countries where #abortion is forbidden or restricted severely.'
"The church’s close ties with American evangelicals reflect a shift in policy. For much of the post-Soviet period, the Russian Orthodox Church held evangelical denominations at arm’s length, fearing that they would compete for influence within Russia. But as the church has consolidated its power, it has come to view the evangelical community as a partner. 'The #ROC realizes that the evangelical denominations are not their opponents but rather their allies in the relations between the church and the secular population,' says Olga Kazmina, a professor of ethnology at Moscow State University.
" 'It’s a re-envisioned paradigm,' says Father #LeonidKishkovsky, head of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of External Affairs. In many ways, it makes sense, he adds: both religious groups share an ideological commitment and have grown disillusioned with the way mainline churches have dealt with issues like gay marriage and abortion. 'But what I’m quite nervous about is the ideological core which actually motivates both sides,' Kishkovsky says. 'Where is the motivating force? Is it in faith? Or is it in political ideology?'
"The Russian Orthodox Church’s chief emissary to the US evangelical community is #HilarionAlfeyev, a high-ranking bishop and chairman of the powerful Department of External Church Relations (the position previously held by #PatriarchKirill). In February 2011, the 47-year-old Alfeyev traveled to Washington, where he met with prominent evangelical and 'pro-family' leaders; and then to Dallas, where he addressed thousands of members of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church and emphasized the importance of 'creat[ing] new alliances,' especially around issues of marriage, abortion and the family. Alfeyev also visited the #DallasTheologicalSeminary and had an hour-long meeting with #GeorgeWBush.
"The trip to Dallas grew out of an increasingly close friendship between church leaders and a small circle of American and European Christian businessmen in Moscow. Alfeyev’s visit was organized by #JerryFullinwider, an #OilExecutive and elder of the #HighlandParkChurch who, until recently, had business interests in Russia. Fullinwider, a member of the #KochBrothers’ circle of major donors—those who have given more than $1 million to #Koch-related causes—met Alfeyev through his friend Bob Foresman, head of #Barclays Capital in Russia. This select group of businessmen has unusual access to Alfeyev. In an interview for this article, Fullinwider described having dinner at Alfeyev’s private residence on a recent trip to Moscow. 'He’s a real busy guy,' says Fullinwider. 'He’s very, very hard to get in touch with unless you have a special number and you know the main guy who handles him, who’s a good friend of mine.'
"Alfeyev’s first trip to the United States paved the way for others, and in October 2012 he delivered a lecture at Villanova University, where he received an honorary degree and paid a visit to the Milwaukee-based #LyndeAndHarryBradleyFoundation. One of the largest donor organizations of its kind in the United States, the #BradleyFoundation, with more than $600 million in assets, is known for its contributions to US conservative groups like the #HeritageFoundation and the #HeartlandInstitute. But its charity isn’t limited to home: over the last four years, the foundation has given $750,000 to the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation in Moscow, a new educational and cultural initiative founded in 2009 by Alfeyev, Russian #billionaire and pharmaceutical magnate #VadimYakunin, and #LeonidSevastianov, a 35-year-old international business consultant and head of Stratinvest.ru, a consulting and public relations firm. In 2009, through Alfeyev’s charity, the Bradley Foundation donated $150,000 to support the 'Day of the Family,' a recently created Russian holiday honoring faith and fidelity. The annual event has been championed by #SvetlanaMedvedeva, wife of Prime Minister #DmitriMedvedev, a staunch #AntiAbortion advocate.
“We want to promote the idea of the unity between the West and Russia on the basis of common Christian roots,” Sevastianov told Inside the Vatican magazine in 2009. “We believe in this alliance among traditional Christian countries…and we believe that, with a united voice, we can be a strong force against the radical secular world which has become dominant in our societies.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-us-evangelicals-fueled-rise-russias-pro-family-right/
#TradFamily #TradWives #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #evangelicals #RabidRight #MAGADeathCult #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #Billionaires
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How a Russian spy couple became Portuguese citizens.
The process took years and included a wedding in Rio de Janeiro, several visits to the Portuguese consulate, trips to Lisbon and a suspicious declaration attributed to a national living in Brazil.
#Portugal #Espionage #ForeignAgent #Illegal #Spy #Spies #Russia
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So, it is NOT really a #gift is it? We pay (in some form) for a #used plane, pay again to #secure and #upgrade it, and the #felon keeps it as private property? If this isn't #robbery what is? This #orange #turd should be in #prison on #corruption and #theft charges at the very least, not to mention #inciting an #insurrection. And yet this is our #POTUS. 😡
#government #soldout #corruption #foreignAgent #liar #grifter #USPolitics #impeach
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc -
#RepublicOfGeorgia: First year of #Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how #autocracies are replicating #Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
Published: March 28, 2025 6:25am EDT
"#Autocracy is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient.
"One of the driving forces behind this phenomenon is something scholars call '#AuthoritarianLearning,' a process by which autocratic leaders study each other and adapt tactics based on what appears to work, and how to proceed when they encounter #resistance.
"Take Georgia. The ruling Georgian Dream party has steered the Caucasus nation from a path toward democracy back to autocracy – and it has done so by learning from Russia. In particular, it adopted a '#ForeignAgent' law in May 2024 – legislation that came straight from #VladimirPutin’s playbook.
"Sold to the public as increasing #transparency, the legislation has been utilized to persecute Georgia’s #opposition and arrest #dissidents with impunity.
"As researchers examining the structure and effects of autocratic regimes, we view Georgia’s first year of its foreign agent law as an example of how politicians are not only learning the tactics of Russian authoritarianism but improving on them in a shorter time frame."
#RightToProtest #AntiProtestLaws
#GeorgianLaws #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #HumanRights #RepublicOfGeorgia #GeorgianDream #ProtestSponsors #ExpandedPolicePowers #PoliceState #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Autocracy -
Oompa Loompa (Trump) Tower, NY, NY 🖕🖕🏼🖕🏿 #trumptower #foreignagent #oomploompa #orangeman #roadkillhair #horriblecombover #trumpisamoron #captainbonespurs #draftdodger #grifter #f_cktrump #f_ckdoge #f_elonmusk #f_ckmaga #convictedfelon #bankruptcyartist #eastcoastkin
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#TFG #Patel #ForeignAgent #FBIDirector #PublicCitizen
"In a recent Senate hearing on how he could possibly be fit to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency, Patel claimed not to be familiar with a far-right podcaster who promotes antisemitism and white supremacism — even though he has been on the man’s podcast eight times.
But hold on, we’re just getting started:
Last week, we found out that Patel has served as a paid agent of the nation of Qatar and failed to identify himself as such under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
He also took $25,000 from a Russia-linked firm to appear in anti-FBI propaganda.
And he admits he owns up to $5 million worth of stock in a gigantic and controversial Chinese company — which he says he will refuse to give up even if he becomes FBI director.
Look, whenever we talk about the FBI, we must acknowledge that as an institution it has a long history of discrimination, corruption, and brutality."
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#Musk has been in regular contact with Putin, Russian officials since 2022
His views progressively shifted toward pro-Russian positions later during the war, and the billionaire prevented #Ukraine from using #Starlink terminals in strikes on the Russian fleet. He has also complained that he is “losing money” by providing Starlink service to Ukraine.
https://kyivindependent.com/musk-putin-wsj/
#Musk #traitor #HybridWar #RussianAggression #spy #moles #ForeignAgent #spies
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Incredible stuff in #Georgia in relation to their #ForeignAgent law. If organisations do register as foreign agents, then they will get government grants! So, presumably, the Georgian government will pay them to carry out the interests of foreign actors? And if not, I suppose they were not foreign agent in the first place? Fantastic acrobatics either way.
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#Israel sought to bypass #foreignagent law to spread #propaganda in #US: Report
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When will Americans consider the NAFCON-USA (National Alliance for "Filipino" Concerns) a foreign agent? When will Americans consider BAYAN USA a fifth column for the rizalist Communist Party of the "Philippines", continuing the settler-colonialist policy alongside the illegal "philippine" state towards Mindanao?
https://nafconusa.org/
https://www.bayanusa.org/#ForeignAgent #FARA #Rizalism #RizalismIsWhiteSupremacism #FilipinoSettlerColonialism #Philippines #FreeMindanao
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@SocraticEthics Was the father of #NovakDjokovic one of the engineers arrested in #Serbia for being a #ForeignAgent ? 🤔
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Count 14 – #Extortion – #RobertMenendez is found GUILTY
Count 15 – #Conspiracy For a Public Official to Act as a Foreign Agent – Menendez is found GUILTY
Count 16 – Public Official Acting as a #ForeignAgent – Menendez is found GUILTY
Count 17 – Conspiracy to Commit Obstruction of Justice – Menendez is found GUILTY
Count 18 – #Obstruction of Justice – Menendez is found GUILTY
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@ManyRoads #JoeBiden should’ve done a #NationalSecurity #purge when he became #POTUS a #fortnight after the #January6th #FailedCoupAttempt and the delayed response by the brother of convicted #ForeignAgent #MikeFlynn.
Maybe he did, silently. 🤔
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The point of a foreign agents registry isn't to get spies to register.
It's to make the (new) crime of "acting as an unregistered foreign agent" a serious crime, with BIGNUM years' imprisonment attached to it.
I didn't see whether the government's plan included details of this change to the criminal code or not.
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@bot_wg Make sure #PutinPuppets and traitors such as convicted #ForeignAgent and disgraced former General #MikeFlynn ‘s brother, #GeorgeFlynn (also a disgraced General, by complicity in the #January6th #FailedCoupAttempt ) are either in prison or deployed to Timbuktu!
#SaveAmerica from the #MAGA cult of ignorance and death ☠️!
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@anderspuck Where is #GeorgeFlynn these days?
You know, brother of convicted #ForeignAgent #MikeFlynn ?
Together they are the #TraitorTwins of the #Pentagon.
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Friday - #ForeignAgent Day. Dozhd TV of course, and an immigrant support project. #russian justice ministry workers with another proud day of defending the country from dangerous extremists, single-handedly threatening its existence.
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#BobMenendez, previously indicted for bribery, now faces additional charges as a foreign agent, accused of secretly aiding the #Egypt government. Prosecutors allege between 2018-2022, Menendez and his wife took bribes, including gold and cash, from Egyptian businessman #WaelHana, leveraging Menendez's influence for Egypt's benefits.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bob-menendez-charged-foreign-agent-1234852759/
#BobMenendezCharged #ForeignAgent #RollingStone #Politics #News #USPolitics #Politics #News
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Trump was the hard lesson the United States had to learn, that it's definitely insufficient to only require, that a person, who wants to run for & take U.S. presidential office must be a natural born citizen older that 35 years, who has been a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years.
Trump should never ever have been trusted with the nation's secrets, and ***never again*** may he be trusted with national secrets & any public office under the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/opinion/trump-indictment-documents.html
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #Trump #NationalSecurityThreat #SecurityClearance #KingOfDebts #Espionage #Theft #Corruption #Bribery #Bribability #Coercion #Extortion #Terrorism #Treason #ObstructionOfJustice #WitnessTampering #Insurrection #Overthrow #ForeignAgent #CareerCriminal #CareerFraudster #DisqualifyTrump #DisqualifyTheTrumps #DisqualifyALLRebels #18USCSection2383
