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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it will close its offices in Russia following an order from the authorities there to cease operations.

"The decision was taken mainly because the work of the agency's officials far from always responded to the stated goals of development and humanitarian cooperation. We are talking about attempts to influence political processes through its grants," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Russian authorities have become increasingly suspicious of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which it believes are using foreign funding to foment political unrest…

It has become something of a tradition for Russian leaders to seek out scapegoats and enemies - and for much of the last half a century, it is the United States which has been Scapegoat and Enemy Number One.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19644897