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Russian ambassadors in Africa in combat mode

A parade organised on 26 February 2022 in the streets of Kinshasa in support of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
A parade organised on 26 February 2022 in the streets of Kinshasa in support of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. © Russie en RD Congo/Twitter
For several weeks, Russian diplomats all over Africa have been using all the means at their disposal to justify their country's invasion of Ukraine and limit its impact on Russia's interests on the continent. [...] (1231 words)
Issue dated 03/03/2022 Reading time 5 minutes
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Senator Igor Morozov, ex-FSB colonel, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 16 June 2022. © Russian Look Ltd./Alamy
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AFRICA RUSSIA Politics Business Diplomacy 26/09/2022

Senator Morozov, Moscow's go-to PR rep in Africa for Putin, Russian business and the FSB 

Igor Morozov heads AFROCOM, an organisation that aims to facilitate Russian companies' access to African markets. He is increasingly present on the continent, making regular trips and waging an aggressive commercial diplomacy there. [...]

Supporters of the Malian Interim President wave Russian flags during a pro-Junta and pro-Russia rally in Bamako on May 13, 2022. © Ousmane Makaveli/AFP
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AFRICA FRANCE Diplomacy 31/08/2022

Paris switches tack on information warfare against Russia 

France is preparing to implement a new information warfare tool in Africa to counter Moscow's influence. This involves the creation of a task force within the foreign ministry and another within the ministry of armed forces, but also the use of private providers. [...]
Naspers' boss Koos Bekker, former CEO of De Beers Gareth Penny and Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former President. © Naspers/Ninety One/Toby Melville/Reuters
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SOUTH AFRICA ANGOLA Business 25/04/2022

Bekker, Penny, Dos Santos... Russia's African partners kept at bay by war in Ukraine 

Since Moscow began its military offensive in Ukraine, numerous southern African entrepreneurs have had to freeze their investment projects in Russia or leave their positions as directors of companies under sanctions. Being separated from these wealthy Africans has entrenched the dichotomy of Russia's presence on the continent: [...]
MALI EUROPEAN UNION Diplomacy 21/01/2022

As Wagner arrives, EU prepares sanctions but keeps channels open with junta 

Following the lead of ECOWAS, the EU is gearing up to impose sanctions on the regime in Bamako, which has postponed the presidential election and welcomed Russian paramilitaries from Wagner onto Malian soil. The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell is due to hold a virtual meeting with the foreign ministers of the G5 Sahel countries on 26 January to discuss the situation in Mali. [...]
The Malian file was also raised during the gathering of the 27 European defence ministers in Brest on 12 and 13 January
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The Pope Francis with Leonid Sevastianov, the leader of the World Union of Old Believers, and his wife, the singer Svetlana Kasyan. © Indigo Publications
Intelligence Online 27/06/2022

The Old Believers, Russia's informal diplomats in the Vatican 

While the majority of attempts at mediation between Russia and the West on Ukraine have failed, a communication channel with the Vatican remains. It is run by Leonid Sevastianov, a religious dissident and ex-consultant who is well-connected in Moscow. [...]

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