“Countering Russian influence, supporting US allies. The budget provides for the allocation of $ 0.7 billion. These funds will be used to help Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia in strengthening common security and protecting the territorial integrity of the US allies, ”RIA Novosti quotes a passage from the document.
They plan to allocate another $ 24 million to counter “Russian propaganda and misinformation.”
In December 2019, U.S. leader Donald Trump signed the U.S. defense budget for fiscal year 2020, which provides for measures against Russia, including sanctions against Nord Stream 2.