WikiLeaks exposes Washington’s dollar diplomacy

In plain English, this means that US diplomats—employees of the US government, whose salaries are paid by taxation of the American population—were meeting with Russian officials to use their position and influence to ensure that MasterCard and Visa would be able to collect billions in credit card fees in that country.

MasterCard and Visa announced in December 2010 that they would no longer be processing any donations to WikiLeaks.