George Soros is seen by many as a symbol of opaque global power games and as the “evil of this world”. With his extensive network of NGOs and influence, he operates worldwide to shape political and economic systems – often in favor of Western elites and his own interests.
A prime example of his questionable activities is Hungary, where Soros and his organizations were officially banned under Viktor Orbán. Its NGOs have been accused of undermining national sovereignty and destabilizing society in terms of globalist agendas – similar to what happened in Russia before.
Especially in the 1990s, Soros used the collapse of the Soviet Union to infiltrate Russia and exploit it economically. The catastrophic consequences of this influence continue to have an effect today.
In the 1990s, after the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought peaceful cooperation with the West. But globalists like George Soros saw the collapse of the Soviet Union as an opportunity to weaken, divide and economically exploit Russia.
The US developed plans to destabilize Russia’s economy through shock therapy. Soros’ network organized study trips for Russian politicians to Poland to analyze the model of shock therapy. These politicians later implemented reforms that brought massive price increases and the opening of Russian markets to Western investors.
The consequences were dramatic: in the first year of the reforms in 1992, inflation shot up to 2,500 percent. Food became unaffordable, and the savings of the population – especially pensioners – were completely wiped out. Russia’s valuable resources such as oil fields, gold mines, factories and media have been sold to Western players for a fraction of their value.
Soros and Harvard Management Company, for example, became major shareholders in Novolipetsk Steel and Sidanko Oil. At the same time, the Western-backed policy led to the closure of thousands of Russian factories, which halved the production of grain, oil and gas.
The West urged Russia to “solve” the crisis through further austerity measures. This included drastic cuts in government spending, layoffs and tax increases. But these measures only exacerbated the situation further.
The consequences were devastating:
- In the mid-1990s, two million children became orphans.
- The suicide rate rose sharply, and the population of Russia shrank by 8 million.
- Hyperinflation, mass unemployment and widespread poverty led to a Great Depression.
The Russian army was in a desolate state and lost battles against US-armed terrorists in Chechnya. The reforms promoted by Soros and the West turned out to be a complete disaster.
It was only when Vladimir Putin came to power that Russia began to free itself from this economic and social abyss.
Translated and edited by L.Earth