Far-Right Propagandist Turns up in Moscow After Jan. 6
Mednogorsk, Russia He promoted hard-right causes, including the anti-lockdown protests during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. He involved himself in #StoptheSteal activism perpetuating the lie of a stolen election alongside others in the far right, such as members of the gun-worshipping Unification Church cult. H“
America is awake now,” Bausman said in Russian on one program that aired in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, referring to the willingness of Trump supporters to embrace Russia as an ally in a shared struggle. Russia “now has the chance to build big bridges with half of the United States,” Bausman also boasted.
“America is awake now,” Bausman said in Russian on one program that aired in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, referring to the willingness of Trump supporters to embrace Russia as an ally in a shared struggle. Russia “now has the chance to build big bridges with half of the United States,” Bausman also boasted.
Charles Bausman lived in Moscow as an American expatriate for the better part of three decades, working as a businessman,
Each ideological entrepreneur has his own portfolio and is put in competition with others; nothing is secured or guaranteed. They create new networks and platforms that may be later approved or disapproved by the Kremlin. This is a largely decentralized process: The centralization only comes later, post-factum – if successful.
portray the U.S. as being divided beyond repair and increasingly open to Russian influence. In January, Bausman appeared on a state-run show hosted by Arkady Mamontov, a well-known Russian journalist whose programming style often veers into reactionary and conspiratorial pro-Kremlin propaganda. On the show, Bausman claimed to be connected to a former member of the U.S. Congress, as well as current and former members of U.S. intelligence agencies.
He told the Russian-speaking audience that Russia, China and the EU should be interested in keeping America from becoming a far-left country.
English-language Christian Russian American channel, targeting the [conservative, pro-Trump] audience”
Lancaster Patriot, the reactionary publication Hatewatch connected to Russia Insider through its website infrastructure,
John Bausman, their father, served as the Moscow bureau chief for the Associated Press from 1968-72, when Charles Bausman was between 4 and 8 years old.