Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists

The report outlines how Russia’s Pravfond financed and coordinated influence operations to promote pro-Russian narratives, including funding legal defenses tied to the Lithuanian January 13 case, orchestrating PR campaigns via groups like Our Compatriots, and supporting media outlets and organizations such as Greece’s Dialogos Club, Latvia’s IMHOclub, and Moldova-based initiatives. These activities involved events, publications, and online content disparaging Baltic states and the EU, supporting Russia’s positions on Ukraine, and seeking to normalize pro-Russian sentiment across multiple countries.