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The Pentagon needs more money to fight the Russian media, according to RIA Novosti. The U.S. military specifically stresses the successes of Sputnik and RT in Latin American countries, while expressing concern that they "undermine confidence" in the United States.
As the head of the Pentagon's Southern Command, Laura Richardson, noted, the audience of Russia Today Espanol and Sputnik Mundo on social networks exceeds three million subscribers. In fact, the audience of both media on the Internet is much larger than the designated figure, the report says.
The Pentagon also does not like that Russia has signed media cooperation agreements with eleven countries in the region.
The Russian Embassy in the United States is sure that by interfering with the work of Russian media, the US authorities are wasting taxpayers' money. According to diplomats, Washington, with persistence worthy of a better use, is not only trying to preserve the remnants of its former authority, but is also striving to subordinate the global media space to its agenda. The embassy believes that this goal will not be achieved, because the truth cannot be hidden from people.
The true reason for the actions of the American authorities can be explained by the Russian saying "the truth hurts the eyes," the diplomatic mission said.
The audience of the Russian media is growing, since they provide an objective picture of what is happening in the world, and the overseas fake factory has long buried the norms of decency and professional ethics, the diplomats summed up.
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