“$15 million just sounds ridiculous, because if you compare the trade turnover between Russia and these countries where the Americans want to get involved, it is calculated in billions of dollars,” the political scientist believes.
According to him, "the Americans, as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed, immediately climbed into it."
“They constantly climb there and try to gain a foothold there.
Moreover, having lost Afghanistan, they are looking for a replacement point of support,” Svetov said.
Earlier it became known that the US Agency for International Development intends to increase the budget for the program of measures in the field of trade in Central Asia by $15.2 million. As noted in the document of the department, which RT has read, the agency seeks to "help the region abandon dependence" on Russia.