US EditionTrump Official Has Links to Kremlin
- Darren Beattie was appointed acting undersecretary for Public Diplomacy at the U.S. State Department in February 2025 and played a key role in shutting down the office responsible for addressing foreign disinformation efforts in April 2025.
- Beattie's appointment and actions followed his previous firing in 2018 for attending a conference with a significant white nationalist presence and his known promotion of pro-Russian and anti-globalist views.
- Beattie's wife, Yulia Kirillova, is Russian, has links to Kremlin-associated businessman Sergei Chernikov, and relocated to Washington shortly before Beattie began his State Department role, raising scrutiny over potential conflicts.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that Beattie was instrumental in closing the office, which had a budget of over $50 million and was established to monitor and counteract propaganda originating from countries including Russia, China, and Iran.
- The dismantling of the office and Beattie's public praise for Russian and Chinese leadership suggest a shift in U.S. Information policy that may reduce emphasis on countering foreign propaganda aligned with Kremlin narratives.
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U.S. Deputy State Secretary Darren Beattie, who managed to close the agency fighting external misinformation, is a fan of Vladimir Putin and is married to a former Russian official, reports The Telegraph.
Surprise, Trump Pick Who Shut Down Anti-Russian Disinformation Unit Has Kremlin Ties!
Darren BeattieRussia has been jizzing with glee ever since Dear Leader won, with Putin aide Nikolay Patrushev immediately openly telling the Russian news that they all could not wait to get the many favors they’d done Trump returned:To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.And fulfill them he is, generously. The…
Trump official who shut down counter-disinformation agency has Kremlin ties, Telegraph reports
A Trump official who dismantled a counter-disinformation office in the United States government has links to the Kremlin, the Telegraph reported on June 3.Darren Beattie, who was appointed to the State Department in February 2025 as under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, has come under scrutiny for his pro-Russian views. According to the Telegraph, Beattie is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin. His wife – Yuli…
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The TelegraphTrump official who shut down Russia propaganda unit has links to Kremlin
A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal. Darren Beattie has
According to the British newspaper The Telegraph, before entering the government, the official wrote messages on social media suggesting that Putin should "infiltrate" into Western institutions.
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