Overview

• Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus published the call on Oct. 1, presenting a voice purported to be Power discussing emergency financing during the war.
• In the recording, she describes an interest-free loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets, structured through World Bank guarantees with repayments tied to asset interest.
• She says the earlier cash transfers later required detailed reporting after congressional demands for safeguards.
• The audio also portrays her claiming USAID made unprecedented investments in Moldova, with grants described as being in the tens of millions of dollars.
• As policy context, interim USAID leader Marco Rubio has said the agency is being closed with more than 80% of programs ended, while Russian officials and state media amplified the tape.