America is committed to sending $350,000 in overseas aid to Russia and China this year, despite soaring geopolitical tensions.
, and $240,000 to China, in 2023, despite surging tensions with Moscow and Beijing.
Relations between the U.S. and Russia nosedived following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, since which Washington has provided more than $43 billion in military aid to Kyiv. The U.S. has also clashed with China over Taiwan, human rights, trade and the South China Sea, while an AmericanData from foreignassistance.gov shows $107,847 is scheduled to be spent by the U.S.
During the same period $240,000 is committed for China, of which $151,273 was spent by the Department of the Interior on a project"protecting Amur tigers via community-led engagement in northeast China." Most of the other funding was spent on"direct administration costs" by the U.S. Agency for International Development, including money for personnel, travel expenses and"operations maintenance."
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