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> because their anti-nuclear environmental groups were actually being funded by Russia behind the scenes. I am German and very pro nuclear, but this is conspir

• 323 4y ago
  > Nunes, as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee: Russia is secretly funding the environmental movement, particularly in Germany, to help pressure the closure of nuclear power plants. https://www.eenews.net/articles/devin-nunes-claims-russia-is-financing-environmentalism/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/devin-nunes-claims-russia-is... Dominique Reynié: "We found that Gazprom funded environmental NGOs that provided ministers to various governments, such as Belgium, which then advocated abandoning nuclear power". https://twitter.com/ziontree/status/1497998920739274757 https://twitter.com/ziontree/status/1497998920739274757 > For instance, the Soviets used front organizations to influence the anti-nuclear movement, the initiative that most visibly put Western leadership on the defensive. West German Interior Ministry and FBI reports concluded that Soviet-linked organizations were successfully swaying local peace movement initiatives to conform to Moscow’s positions https://warontherocks.com/2017/09/russian-active-measures-in-germany-and-the-united-states-analog-lessons-from-the-cold-war/ https://warontherocks.com/2017/09/russian-active-measures-in...
• panick21_ 4y ago
  Its not a conspiracy. Its for certain that there was a real anti nuclear movement but its also true that fossil industry and Russia spent money to fund these efforts. So it happened but how effective it was is questionable.