Article in The Washington Post by David Stern & Robyn Dixon, 2/7/25

Headline:  “Independent media in Russia, Ukraine lose their funding with USAID freeze”

Subhead:    “Independent media in Russia and Ukraine have been critical of their governments and provide alternative reporting, but much of it relied on U.S. grants.”

“The suspension of USAID has had a dramatic effect on both Ukrainian and Russian independent news outlets that relied on the grants to operate and produced work often critical of their governments.
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“The program that provides billions in U.S. assistance internationally is better known for its humanitarian and medical work, but the funding has also been used for democracy promotion as well as supporting journalism.”

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