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Blood Gold: How Kremlin mercenaries loot Africa to wage war in Ukraine

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Analysis

Blood Gold: How Kremlin mercenaries loot Africa to wage war in Ukraine

Seizing African gold mines and building smuggling networks, the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group has generated over $2.5 billion to fund Russia's war in Ukraine. But there is a way to close the tap on Wagner's Africa blood gold pipelines.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

How Wagner Group exports Putin-style rule to Africa

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Analysis

How Wagner Group exports Putin-style rule to Africa

Russia's Wagner Group follows a systematic four-part playbook to gain authoritarian control in African nations. In CAR, Sudan, and Mali, the Kremlin-backed mercenaries secure resource access for Russia in exchange for propping up Putin-like regimes.

byYevheniia Martyniuk