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概述：美国国际开发署（USAID）终止在俄的援助活动。
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/663067/After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the leaders of Russia asked the U.S. for assistance in building a democracy and a market economy.
Over the past 20 years, election-monitoring groups, human rights organizations, and anti-corruption efforts have been funded in part by USAID, which has provided more than $2.6 billion to Russia.
President Vladimir Putin has now ended USAID's programs, reportedly out of concern they interfere with elections by aiding opposition groups.
But David Satter, a foreign policy analyst with the Hudson Institute, says USAID programs do not pick political sides. Instead, he says, the programs try to help disenfranchised groups use legal, peaceful and democratic means to get their voices heard.
"The existence of such groups gives to people, on the one hand, the know-how to defend their rights, and on the other, the conviction that defending their rights is possible."
Earlier this year Egypt's military leaders overseeing the transition to an elected government attempted to prosecute U.S.-funded pro-democracy and human rights groups. They relented after weeks of heavy diplomatic pressure from the United States.苏联解体后，俄国的领袖们请美国来帮忙建设民主政治和市场经济。
在过去的20年中，选举监督团、人权组织和反腐活动都一定程度上受到USAID（美国国际开发署）的资助。USAID已经资助了俄国逾26亿美元。
如今，总统普京终止了USAID的项目，据说是担心他们援助在野党从而干涉选举。
但哈德逊研究所的外交政策分析师大卫•赛特尔说：USAID的项目不带政治立场。这些项目致力于帮助被剥夺权利的团体采取合法、和平、民主的方式来让民众听到他们的声音。
“这些团体的存在一方面告诉民众如何维护自身权益，另一方面，他们也让民众知道，维护自身的权益是可能的。”
今年早些时候，埃及的军事领袖目睹了埃及向民选政府过渡，便企图起诉由美国资助的支持民主的人权组织。在美国持续数周的沉重外交压力下，他们的态度才有所缓和。