Political Influence over CAR
Serving Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
15 Oct 2024. Africa Intelligence reports that Russia’s satellite regime in the Central African Republic has launched the process of adopting a Russian-style foreign influence law “aimed at monitoring any private individuals or legal entities whom the authorities consider to be ‘financially controlled’ from abroad.” Notably, a similar law has been recently adopted by another Russian-influenced entity – the Ivanishvili regime in Georgia.
https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2024/10/15/bangui-considers-russian-influenced-bill-to-keep-tabs-on–foreign-agents%2C110327606-art
Political Subversion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Serving Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
14 Oct 2024. A NYT material describes Russian propaganda and disinformation efforts attacking US-funded programs in Africa fighting against malaria, dengue fever and other infectious diseases on the continent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/world/africa/russia-africa-disinformation-malaria-.html
Partnership within and Expansion of BRICS
Serving Objective 26: Developing cooperation platforms with non-Western powers
10 Oct 2024. Russia calls on BRICS member states “to create an alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to counter political pressure from Western nations.” Russian finance minister Siluanov accuses the IMF and the World Bank of “not working in the interests of BRICS countries,” saying that the global financial system is controlled by the West and therefore BRICS needs to create an alternative “similar to the Bretton Woods institutions, but within the framework of our community, within the framework of BRICS.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-calls-brics-partners-create-alternative-imf-2024-10-10/
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