As the United States dismantles one of its most influential soft-power institutions, the Kremlin is preparing to take its place. With little fanfare, Russia is building its own version of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hoping to fill the vacuum left by Washington’s retreat from global development programs. The effort, spearheaded through Moscow’s International Agency for Sovereign Development, aims to project Russian influence abroad under the guise of humanitarian aid —