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Russia opts for Saint Petersburg as summit venue in face of African squabbling

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“Security, Moscow's way into Africa”

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Security, Moscow's way into Africa

Russia's influence on the continent is spreading in step with rising instability in many African countries and tensions between France and many of its former colonies. This trend is bolstered by the presence of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group close to Vladimir Putin. Its mercenaries have intervened in Libya and Mozambique and are now offering their services in West and Central Africa. Driven by the Kremlin, Russia's security breakthrough in Africa is also backed by the defence ministry, serving Moscow's geopolitical interests, and paving the way for Russia to move into other fields on the continent.

Russia's president Vladimir Putin stands next to Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa during the Africa-Russia summit 2019 in Sochi. © Sergei Chirikov/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The rivalries among African nations have prompted Moscow to give up on the idea of holding the Africa-Russia gathering on the African continent and go with Saint Petersburg instead in November 2022. [...] (366 words)

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