Author and researcher F. William Engdahl says the West is funding the Russian opposition to minimise the country's influence on the world stage during a critical time.

Washington is "financing activists in several different cities in Russia, people like famous blogger Aleksey Navalny.” Engdahl believes that by backing the opposition, Washington is trying to establish control over Moscow. “They are using the same template they used in Ukraine's Orange Revolution, and in Georgia to bring Saakashvilli to power as a pro-NATO president in that country,” he explained.[end snippet]

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