According to the Portal, the Russian Federal Agency for the Community of Independent States, compatriots living abroad and international humanitarian cooperation (Rossotrudnictwo) spent at least 412 million rubles (4.1 million euros) on programs for foreigners, including trips, meetings with officials and training in state media, such as RT and Sputnik.
The main program of Rossotrudniwiast is the “new generation”, in which people aged 14-40 – students, activists, journalists, bloggers, scientists and entrepreneurs – receive financial support for short -term visits to Russia. Participants of trips take part in trips, hiking and meetings with people loyal to the Kremlin.
Last year, thanks to the program, 921 people came to Russia – 603 from post -Soviet countries and 264 from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. By the end of 2025, visits to over 1.6 thousand are planned. people.
Increase in expenditure and promotion of the Russian language
The portal points out that in 2024 Rossotrudniczy had 127.8 million rubles (EUR 1.2 million) for the “New Generation” program. In 2025, thanks to the intervention of President Putin, the budget increased by 384 million rubles (EUR 3.8 million), which means an increase of over 150 percent.
Russia also increased the financing of the Russian language promotion abroad: from 500 million rubles (EUR 5 million) in 2024 to around EUR 1.8 billion (18 million euros) in 2025. In addition, approx. 170 million rubles (EUR 1.7 million) were allocated to Russian -speaking educational materials, including historical textbooks edited by Putin's adviser, Vladimir Miedinski.
The agency, which is a subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Allergen Society of Cultural Communications from 1925, has representative offices in 71 countries. He officially promotes Russian language and culture, supports Russians living abroad and cooperates with scientific institutions.
Western experts, incl. With Warsaw Institute, however, they indicate that the Rossotronnicity activity is propaganda and even intelligence. The agency programs promote “traditional values” and the concept of “Russian mirus”, and trip participants are obliged to publish relationships on social media, which increases the range of Russian propaganda.
Creating the image of Russia in Europe
The aim of the activities is to build a positive image of Russia among young Europeans, especially after the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine. Visits include visiting museums and monuments and to provide historical information in the version accepted by the Kremlin, and the presence in social media is to encourage subsequent people to participate in similar initiatives.
