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Shortly after the August 1991 anti-communist coup in [[Russia]], Ignatius penned an article in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' exalting the role of [[Western alliance|western]] “pro-[[democracy]]” operatives in bringing down the [[Soviet]] regime. Gushing over “the great democratic revolution that has swept the globe, ” Ignatius made a surprising revelation about the makings of this revolution: "Preparing the ground for last month’s triumph of overt action was a network of overt operatives who during the last 10 years have quietly been changing the rules of international politics. They have been doing in public what the CIA used to do in private – providing money and moral support for pro-democracy groups, training resistance fighters, working to subvert communist rule.”  

Shortly after the August 1991 anti-communist coup in [[Russia]], Ignatius penned an article in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' exalting the role of [[Western alliance|western]] “pro-[[democracy]]” operatives in bringing down the [[Soviet]] regime. Gushing over “the great democratic revolution that has swept the globe, ” Ignatius made a surprising revelation about the makings of this revolution: "Preparing the ground for last month’s triumph of overt action was a network of overt operatives who during the last 10 years have quietly been changing the rules of international politics. They have been doing in public what the CIA used to do in private – providing money and moral support for pro-democracy groups, training resistance fighters, working to subvert communist rule.”  

Ignatius singled out the work of the pro-democracy activist Allen Weinstein who began to organize Soviet dissidents already in 1980. Ignatius also credits William Miller of the American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Relations, [[George Soros]] of the [[Open Society Foundation]], John Mroz of the Center for East-West Security Studies, John Baker of the [[Atlantic Council]] and Harriett Crosby of the Institute for Soviet-American Relations. [[National Endowment for Democracy]] (NED) headed by [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was the “sugar daddy of overt operations.” It had been active inside the Soviet Union for years – overtly, of course – financing various Soviet trade unions and the liberal “Interregional Group” in the Congress of People’s Deputies.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190522143551/https://dxczjjuegupb.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TheKillingOfWilliamBrowder_PrintLayout_6x9-1.pdf THE KILLING OF WILLIAM BROWDER], ALEX KRAINER, EQUILIBRIUM, 2017.</ref>

Ignatius singled out the work of the pro-democracy activist [[Allen Weinstein]] who began to organize Soviet dissidents already in 1980. Ignatius also credits William Miller of the American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Relations, [[George Soros]] of the [[Open Society Foundation]], John Mroz of the Center for East-West Security Studies, John Baker of the [[Atlantic Council]] and Harriett Crosby of the Institute for Soviet-American Relations. [[National Endowment for Democracy]] (NED) headed by [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was the “sugar daddy of overt operations.” It had been active inside the Soviet Union for years – overtly, of course – financing various Soviet trade unions and the liberal “Interregional Group” in the Congress of People’s Deputies.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190522143551/https://dxczjjuegupb.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TheKillingOfWilliamBrowder_PrintLayout_6x9-1.pdf THE KILLING OF WILLIAM BROWDER], ALEX KRAINER, EQUILIBRIUM, 2017.</ref>

==Russiagate==

==Russiagate==