This marks Russia’s first military base in Africa, a significant step in expanding its global military presence. The deal was ...

Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to ...

"Russia will first have to invest heavily in this base to organize flights to African countries," he explained. No further expansion in Africa "In recent weeks, we have seen how military equipment ...

“The meeting between the military commanders yielded agreements on the further expansion ... to a Russian ship docked at a base near Johannesburg. On Friday, South Africa’s ministry of ...

For China and Russia, two countries already expanding their bilateral military ties ... defense engagement in Africa but also among BRICS, which has opened up for expansion.

Russia is reducing its military footprint in Syria and shifting some of its assets from the Middle Eastern country to Africa, flight data and satellite imagery analyzed by RFE/RL appear to show.

Now in addition to this food dependency, Russia has begun augmenting its diplomatic playbook in Africa with changes in its energy diplomacy and military power projection. A vendor sells cereals in ...

Decades of conflict in CAR mirror the instability in other fragile African states where reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent, amid an aggressive push by ...

China’s Strategy: Infrastructure, Debt, and Currency Dominance China’s expansion ... nations. Russia has established deep military relationships with several African nations, often in ...

It marks Putin’s third official expansion of Russia’s military since the war with Ukraine began in early 2022. In August 2022, Putin ordered the military to expand by the start of the next ...

The Russian mercenaries - using success in staving off rebels in this impoverished nation as a model for expansion ... military companies to reduce American “boots on the ground” in Africa ...

Bangui, Central African Republic — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders ... as a model for expansion — have long ...