Published August 1, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Domestic. A couple of infamous Russian pranksters managed to get a call with Ann Linde. In the conversation, the Swedish Foreign Minister discusses how to use Swedish development aid money to finance Russian opposition politicians.
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Behind the coup are the infamous pranksters who call themselves Vovan and Lexus, who have previously managed to deceive a number of high-ranking people in the western world.
In May, Fria Tider reported on how the duo got the American agency National Endowment for Democracy, NED, to boast that they financed and organized the mass protests in Belarus last year.
In the new conversation with Ann Linde, Vovan claims and Lexus for being Julia Navalnaya, wife of the imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny, and Navalny's chief of staff Leonid Volkov. p>At one point, she gets the direct question of whether she can help finance Alexei Navalny's movement.
– It would be fantastic if Sweden could help us, for example through the aid authority (Sida), the man says in the conversation. p>
Ann Linde replies that Sweden has already set aside EUR 38 million to support “civil society and human rights” over the next five years.
– I'm not entirely sure of the details, but I think it is possible that … if you have a contact … with you or through the embassy. If it is possible, because I do not know the technical details.
The man, who thus pretends to be Navalny's chief of staff, then explains that the Swedish tax money must be smuggled to him.
– The problem is that we can not use it openly. The Russian parliament has passed laws on foreign financing, so we can go through our office in Ukraine or in one of the Baltic states, he says.
The Swedish Foreign Minister answers:
– I think that we may not discuss this over the phone, but I think it is possible that someone else can talk to you after our phone call.
The Foreign Ministry's press service informs Expressen that the call took place “after an official inquiry”. Ann Linde has requested contact with Julia Navalnaja.
“It is important for the Foreign Minister to be open to contact and dialogue with civil society representatives from different countries. It is unfortunate that that openness is used in this way”, writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. to Expressen.