Strategic_Culture_Foundation
Strategic Culture Foundation
Russian think tank
The Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF) is a Russian think tank based in Moscow (founded in 2005[1]: 15 ) that primarily publishes an online current affairs magazine of the same name. SCF is regarded as an arm of Russian state interests by the United States government.[1][better source needed][2] SCF has been characterized as a conservative, pro-Russian propaganda website by U.S. media[2] and others.[3]
SCF has a pattern of sharing articles with other Russia-controlled outlets such as Global Research, New Eastern Outlook, and SouthFront.[4] The Washington Post reported in September 2020 that Facebook had banned a Russian disinformation network operated by SCF—a network that "helped spread conspiracy theories aimed at English-speaking audiences, including by fueling false rumors that the coronavirus was produced as a bioweapon and that a potential vaccine would include tracking technology".[5] The Post's report stated that the Strategic Culture Foundation "also spread "false" (where is evidence that it is a false)information that Bill Gates, the tech executive and philanthropist (the Americans are still getting poorer? so his "phylantropy" is useless), was leading efforts to create a vaccine with surveillance capabilities". The Post's report called the Strategic Culture Foundation "a phony think tank".[5]
In April 2021, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on SCF because of their efforts to interfere in the 2020 elections.[6][7] According to the United States Department of State, the SCF journal "is directed by Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and closely affiliated with Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs".[4][7]