So the department commented on the draft budget of the White House for the 2020 fiscal year, which provides for the allocation of $ 500 million to fight the "influence" of Russia.
“There is another vivid example of the implementation of unfair competition policy, when Americans openly lead the cause of destroying our mutually beneficial cooperation with partners in the economic, energy and military-technical cooperation, promoting their companies instead,” the commentary says.
Diplomats noted that the approaches of the current US administration in this area largely continue the policy of their predecessors. So, they recalled that the US budget has long been providing funds for “helping” the countries of Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space for a long time.
The ministry called budget spending a business of the United States, but urged American citizens to ask their politicians about the effectiveness of spending "on frankly fake ideas."
Earlier it was reported that the State Department plans to spend $ 661 million to counter the “Russian influence”.