Hromadske's biggest funding in that period came from the Embassy of the [[Netherlands]], which gave $95,168. As a departing US envoy to the Hague said in a secret cable that [[Wikileaks]] later made public, "Dutch pragmatism and our similar world-views make the Netherlands fertile ground for initiatives others in Europe might be reluctant, at least initially, to embrace."<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/38987</ref>
On November 20, 2013, Ukraine member of parliament Oleg Tsarev accused the US Embassy in Kyiv of preparing a coup in Ukraine on the floor of the Ukrainian parliament. The nationalist faction in the [[Verkhovna Rada]], the Ukrainian parliament, attempted to shout Tsarov done.<ref>https://youtu.be/CNsGqePNrFg</ref> Tsarov said:
{{quotebox-float|"In my role as a representative of the Ukrainian people, activists from the Volya Public Organization turned to me, providing clear evidence that within our country, with support and direct participation of the US Embassy in Kiev, a “TechCamp” project is under way in which preparations are being made for a civil war in Ukraine.