Independent media in Russia and Ukraine lose their funding with USAID freeze

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/07/ukraine-russia-independent-media-trump-usaid/

Posted by ObjectiveObserver420

8 comments

  1. So you’re saying Western propaganda is no longer being funded in Russia and Ukraine.

    I mean, it’s not great to leave Russian propaganda without opposition but calling unsustainable media without US money, independent, is a stretch of every meaning of that word

  2. No more radiofree europe or asia, how am i gonna enjoy my daily propaganda.

    Please for American that read this dont let trump cut USAID because you gonna make people lose their job.

    Anyway.. good

  3. I personally think Trump should defund more “foreign aid” programs, fire more CIA operatives, and even impose some cool new trade sanctions on big, resilient economies. Let’s see if he can accidentally end US imperialism in 4 years.

  4. “Independent” media funded by the US. Lol.

    I can’t help but wonder if the Washington Post titles its articles about Russian funded media the same way.

  5. “Independent media”

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

    Sorry, i mean Its great shame than we lost so much unbiased truthbringers XD

  6. The only thing this USAID cut has proven was how much money was being spent without direction. From funding soybean research to propaganda outlets.

    So many average Americans would have benefitted far more if they spent the money on their own taxpayers instead of whatever the hell all this was.

  7. What exactly is supposed to be independent about media outlets when they are DEPENDENT on foreign aid from defacto think tanks with an at least center-right bias if not outspoken right-wing bias?

  8. Gotta love how they put “independent”, but “relied much on USAID” in one sentence. You can’t really say you’re independent if losing 1 source of income put your existence at risk.

    Also in RU-net there is a lot of resentment towards opposition figures after these USAID stuff, turns all these year Russian propaganda were right about opposition, and a lot of people think they were fooled. But for better or worse maybe the survivors would become truly independent.

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