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DISINFO: The USA has over five thousand NGOs under its control...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: journal-neo.org (archived)*
  • Date of publication: June 25, 2016
  • Outlet language(s): English
  • Reported in: Issue 34
  • Countries / regions discussed: Armenia, US
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DISINFO: The USA has over five thousand NGOs under its control...

SUMMARY

The USA has over five thousand NGOs under its control in Armenia and is spending up to 250 million dollars annually to keep them running.

RESPONSE

USAID assistance annual budget is less than $14m. All activities are publicly available and benefit nowhere near 5,000 NGOs: bit.ly/29n8OJv, // All spending by all US agencies in Armenia is $26M planned for this fiscal year, which includes grants to the government on health care and education etc. (not just all to NGOs): bit.ly/29DNfqz,

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