#Pravfond, a Russian foundation banned by the #EU, provided funding to #Latvian researcher Valery Engel to attend a human rights conference in Warsaw in 2023. This situation illustrates how #Russia covertly influences events in Europe and highlights the inadequacies in the enforcement of #sanctions.
And who have often been the willing helpers when #Pravfond faked it as an NGO in different countries:
Russian expats.
That we naively gave a home and often a living in the West.
#VisaBan now for russians in 🇪🇺. Until there has been a regime change they are a security threat.
#Pravfond has been on the EU sanctions list since June 2023. Cooperating with it is illegal. We found that at least 15 pro-Kremlin activists in LV have requested funding since 2017, mainly to pay legal fees.
Total - €164,000.
€56,000 was requested after the sanctions.
Over the past few months, I’ve worked with colleagues from 29 media outlets worldwide on an investigation into how sanctioned Moscow’s #Pravfond continues to funnel money into Latvia. 🧵
www.delfi.lv/193/politics...
Cracking investigative long read on #Pravfond. Heard about it's shady operations a while back, but this is very revealing
“A classic example of a Kremlin influence operation — working in plain sight; exploiting the inherently trusting nature of liberal society'
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#Pravfond ⚠️ Zenia Grynberg var i årevis medlem af Liberal Alliance.
ℹ️ Hun driver kanalen ‘Velinformeret’ på Telegram, hvor hun spreder russisk propaganda til danskere med støtte fra #Rusland.
Vær vågen 👀. Værn om #demokrati i 🇩🇰, i #Ukraine 🇺🇦 - #SlavaUkraini - overalt!
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
#Pravfond ⚠️ Zenia Grynberg var i årevis medlem af Liberal Alliance.
ℹ️ Hun driver kanalen ‘Velinformeret’ på Telegram, hvor hun spreder russisk propaganda til danskere med støtte fra #Rusland.
👀 Er vi vågne nok til at opdage påvirkningskampagner?
💪 Er vores demokrati stærkt nok til at stå […]
#russian state-backed legal defense foundation, #Pravfond, finances #propaganda in 48 countries across #Europe and around the world
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...