Russia asks Elon Musk to hand over names of dissidents
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Source: Reuters via The Times(UK)
Moscow has appealed to the US to identify exiled Russian opposition figures who received funding from Americas international aid agency, which Elon Musk described as a criminal organisation.
President Trumps move to freeze international assistance for 90 days and suspend the work of the US Agency for International Development (USAid) has devastated funding for Russian opposition media and human rights groups.
Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Duma, Russias parliament, said on Tuesday: If they recognised the [USAid] organisation as an enemy, let them give us the lists. Congress will send us the lists we will give them to the FSB [Russian security service].
Musk, who has been tasked by Trump with slashing billions from public spending, has alleged that USAid was illegally funnelling money to far-left organisations. He did not provide evidence. Trump said USAid was run by radical lunatics.
Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/russia-elon-musk-list-names-dissidents-usaid-s798gktd7

lanlady
(7,203 posts)See what you started, you foolish man, you vindictive, evil clown? It's bad enough that you destroyed our nation's greatest and most effective generator of good will, and that you, a greedy, entitled billionaire, literally took food out of the mouths of starving children. Now you've but delight in the heart of authoritarians everywhere. I have to stop there - I hate this man SO much my blood pressure soars every time his name is mentioned.
jayschool2013
(2,547 posts)of everything, apparently.
That needs to be remedied immediately.
Bayard
(24,526 posts)Throw in the identities of all covert agents.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela was heading to Gaza on a Freedom Flotilla when Felon Musk cut him off.

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https://www.vcpost.com/articles/126072/20240427/elon-musk-x-suspends-nelson-mandela-grandson-account-palestinian.htm
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Lasher
(28,701 posts)The linked article is dated February 11. All articles linked in the LBN Forum must have been published within 12 hours. Please consider reposting in the GD Forum.