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CIA ‘wasting American taxpayers’ dollars’ – ambassador

Washington’s campaign to lure Russian citizens into becoming spies is doomed to fail because the Russians will not allow a…

12 months ago

Congress seeks to spend $500 million of taxpayers’ money on Ukraine

The US House of Representatives is rushing a bill that would impose a series of sanctions on Russia and give…

2 years ago

Ministry of Defence accused of ‘failing British troops and taxpayers’

In a new report, the Labour Party accuses the government of having “wasted” £13 billion ($17.61 billion) of taxpayers’ money…

2 years ago

British taxpayers footed £300,000 bill SO FAR for court costs in Julian Assange’s extradition saga – reports

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spent £150,000 ($205,100) on retaining barristers for Assange’s extradition hearing in January. It spent another…

3 years ago

Billions from Biden: Ukraine expects a lump sum from US taxpayers this week but, after Afghanistan, the timing couldn’t be worse

The meeting, however, comes at the worst possible time. And it isn’t even really Ukraine’s fault. As even the staunchly…

3 years ago

‘Unbelievable shamelessness’: Congresswoman Cori Bush says ‘SUCK IT UP,’ defund police while taxpayers fund her private security

“If I end up spending $200,000, if I spend ten more dollars on it, you know what, I get to…

3 years ago

Russia rejects Dutch court ruling to hand $5 BILLION of taxpayers’ cash to ex-oligarchs over collapse of Yukos oil & gas empire

The office of the country’s Prosecutor General said on Thursday that it does not acknowledge the validity of the decision,…

3 years ago

American taxpayers have now spent more than ONE BILLION dollars on arming Ukraine. But are they getting value for their money?

The escalations kicked off in May with the colossal DEFENDER Europe drills. That show of firepower saw 28,000 troops deployed…

3 years ago

German govt spent over $2 BILLION of taxpayers’ money to pay pharmacies for ‘overpriced’ face masks – reports

In December 2020, every German over 60 as well as people with pre-existing health conditions were entitled to receive three…

3 years ago

UK’s beleaguered vaccines chief accused of profiting from $65m of taxpayers’ money steered towards her venture firm

The allegation, which was raised by the Guardian newspaper on Tuesday, is the latest in a string of claims of…

3 years ago