Military Cooperation with Sudan
Serving Objective 18: Gaining strategic presence on the waterways connecting the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean basins
Dec 2024. It is revealed that Russia has unsuccessfully attempted to induce the military government of Sudan grant Moscow a naval station in Port Sudan by offering it S-400 air defense systems.
https://www.dw.com/ru/sudan-otkazalsa-razmesat-u-seba-voennomorskuu-bazu-rossii/a-71102415
Political and Covert Subversion vs. the United States
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
8 Nov 2024. A Wilson Center article describes Russian information warfare tactics concerning the 2024 US presidential election, saying that “Moscow did not truly favor either candidate,” and that “the Kremlin’s ideal outcome was not a particular winner but a conflict over the vote itself.”
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/kremlin-was-hoping-division-america-not-victory-one-candidate
Political Subversion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Serving Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
8 Nov 2024. An FPRI material describes Russia’s “multidimensional, malleable, and opportunistic” information operations in Africa designed “to expand Russia’s presence on the continent and to turn African countries into allies of Russia in its confrontation with the West.”
https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/11/ideological-agenda-of-russian-information-influence-in-africa/
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