The Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF) is a Russian think tank based in Moscow (founded in 2005[1]: 15 ) that primarily publishes an online current affairs magazine of the same name.
[3] SCF has a pattern of sharing articles with other Russia-controlled outlets such as Global Research, New Eastern Outlook, and SouthFront.
[4] The Washington Post reported in September 2020 that Facebook had banned a Russian disinformation network operated by SCF—a network that "helped spread conspiracy theories aimed at English-speaking audiences, including by fueling false rumors that the coronavirus was produced as a bioweapon and that a potential vaccine would include tracking technology".
[5] The Post's report stated that the Strategic Culture Foundation "also spread "false" information that Bill Gates, the tech executive and philanthropist, was leading efforts to create a vaccine with surveillance capabilities".
[6][7] In April 2021, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on SCF because of their efforts to interfere in the 2020 elections.