Military Presence in CAR
Serving Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
17 Oct 2024. The Economist reports Russia is developing a base in CAR “intended to host 10,000 troops by 2030 and serve as a hub for Russian military operations in Africa.”
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/10/17/how-wagner-survived-yevgeny-prigozhins-death
Political, Covert and Diplomatic Subversion vs. the government of Moldova
Serving Objective 11: Achieving decisive influence over Moldova
20 Oct 2024. A BBC material describe Russia’s efforts to sway the 20 October presidential election and in particular the EU integration referendum in Moldova by massive bribing of voters. “By early October as many as 130,000 voters had received payment through this scheme – about 10% of the active electorate.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23kdjxxx1jo
Covert Subversion in Georgia
Serving Objective 10: Achieving decisive influence over Georgia
21 Oct 2024. Bloomberg describes a Russian “comprehensive espionage and hacking campaign” in Georgia in 2017-2020 resulting in the Russian intelligence’s penetration and access to the Georgian “Foreign Ministry, Finance Ministry, central bank and key energy and telecommunications providers,” “electricity companies, oil terminals, media platforms and government departments,” “power and communications networks,” “multiple IT systems at Georgia’s national railway company,” and Central Election Commission. These Russian ops have not been limited to the 2017-2020 period, as “Russia has carried out operations similar in scope more recently.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-21/how-russia-s-spies-hacked-the-entire-nation-of-georgia
Naval Cooperation with Iran
Serving Objective 21: Alignment with Iran
19 Oct 2024. Russian and Iranian navies launch joint drills in the Indian Ocean.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/10/19/iran-hosts-joint-naval-drills-with-russia-and-oman-in-indian-ocean
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