The Role of Africa in Russia’s Geopolitics

The Russia File by Wilson Center

Aug 14, 202400:46:10Education

Russia’s intensive involvement with the African continent goes back decades. During the Cold War, Moscow viewed Africa as its “natural” sphere of influence and a staging ground for active measures and proxy wars aiming t...

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