Candace Owens is speaking in Russia, but sources say Putin is only manipulating her to spread his propaganda

Candace Owens has finally found a national stage willing to give her baseless conspiracy theories airtime.However, the country is Russia and dictator Valdimir Putin will be the headline speaker when she appears at the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum tomorrow.Owens, 37, will appear on a panel alongside Anna Kuznetsova — a Russian politician sanctioned by the US for running a program which kidnapped Ukrainian children and trafficked them to Russia for “re-education” — and TV presenter Yuliya Baranovskaya, who is sanctioned by the EU for spreading propaganda. Firebrand podcaster Owens, who has six million subscribers on YouTube, has sparked concerns she too could return from the trip spouting Kremlin talking points and Russian propaganda to her US followers.“The Kremlin courts the people it assesses as useful for widening America’s divisions, the specific issue is incidental.

They’ll stoke whatever fracture is available,” Alex Goldenberg, Senior Fellow at the Rutgers Miller Center and founder of Silent Index told The Post.“Moscow extended the platform and that tells you how they see her, as someone whose reach can be turned into division or political capital.The Soviets had a term for Western sympathizers like Candace Owens.

It translates roughly to useful idiots,” he added.Owens landed in Moscow on June 1 and wasted no time promoting its virtues, writing on X: “The Christian expression and heritage here is unmatched.Unsurprisingly, they are lying to us about Russia.

Oh, and yes, it is beyond family-friendly.A lot for children to do,” alongside pictures with her husband and children.

However, sources claim Owen’s trip is highly likely to be closely monitored by the FSB, the Russian security service, during her time in the country.Russia is heavily sanctioned by the US, UK and EU over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which it remains at war with — a point underlined by a drone attack by the Ukrainian military on St.Petersburg We...