"Russia relies on a series of asymmetric (and often extralegal) measures for influence mercenaries, arms-for-resource deals, opaque contracts, election interference, and disinformation." Joseph Siegle, Director of Research at the Brookings
A meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and the head of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, showed that Africa is not prepared to cut ties to Russia.
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Vladimir Putin has increasingly relied on the Wagner Group, a private and unaccountable army with a history of human rights violations, to pursue Russia’s foreign policy objectives across the globe.