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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:03 AM Sep 2012

Russsia expels USAID development agency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19644897

USAID works in more than 100 countries on everything from agriculture to governance

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it will close its offices in Russia following an order from the authorities there to cease operations.

The Russian government gave the US until 1 October to close the mission, accusing it of meddling in politics.

USAID has worked in Russia for two decades, spending nearly $3bn (£1.8bn) on aid and democratic programmes.

The expulsion follows a government crackdown on pro-democracy groups.

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Russsia expels USAID development agency (Original Post) xchrom Sep 2012 OP

I find this sad. I worked on many USAID-funded projects with Russians and other people from the Brickbat Sep 2012 #1

Why is it sad - malaise Sep 2012 #2

Our schools were crappy even before the Soviet Union collapsed. Selatius Sep 2012 #3

I find it sad because the work we did helped a wide variety of people and got a huge bang for the Brickbat Sep 2012 #4

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

1. I find this sad. I worked on many USAID-funded projects with Russians and other people from the

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:19 AM

Sep 2012

former USSR on a wide variety of topics.

malaise

(268,692 posts)

2. Why is it sad -

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:21 AM

Sep 2012

are there any Russians groups aiding democracy in America?

Public schools in the US could use the money

Selatius

(20,441 posts)

3. Our schools were crappy even before the Soviet Union collapsed.

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:26 AM

Sep 2012

That money is going to the war machine, instead. The elite think our children are better served as cannon fodder on some distant battlefield fighting for Wall Street's business interests than remaining here and building a life of peace and happiness. You need a crappy education system that educates them just enough to run the machinery of the empire but just dumb enough to accept increasingly shitty pay and crap jobs with fewer benefits and pensions that disappear when you go to collect them.

Brickbat

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4. I find it sad because the work we did helped a wide variety of people and got a huge bang for the

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:27 AM

Sep 2012

buck. We trained police officers, judges, lawyers, politicians and social workers to take a combined approach to domestic violence. We shared information on small businesses at a time when such information was hard to come by there. I cannot overstate the work we did and its affect on people. The domestic violence projects were especially moving and fruitful.

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