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A post recently circulating on X quoted Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman acknowledging Western countries' role in promoting Wahhabi ideology during the Cold War, remarks that originated from a March 2018 interview with The Washington Post where bin Salman stated, "We spread the Salafi-Wahhabi ideology at the request of the United States to confront the Soviet Union in the 1980s." Separately, an investigation by The Washington Post, citing a European official, claims Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó provided confidential information from European Union meetings to Moscow for years, calling his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during breaks to relay content of discussions and potential EU decisions, effectively giving Russia a presence in EU proceedings. Earlier on March 21, Benjamin Mullin, Erik Wemple, and Katie Robertson explored owner Jeff Bezos's influence, including his demand for data, in the context of recent staff cuts at the publication.
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