Military Cooperation with Sudan
Serving Objective 18: Gaining strategic presence on the waterways connecting the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean basins
12 Feb 2025. Sudan’s military government says it has “agreed a deal for Russia to establish a naval base” in Port Sudan.
https://www.ft.com/content/78359f17-3aec-4e47-8c0f-29352781b109
Military Presence in Chad
Serving Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
Late Jan 2025. Russia’s Africa Corps begins deploying “transmission equipment and radars at the Faya-Largeau base in northern Chad.”
https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/africa-russia-expands-footprint-chad-upgrades-airbase-southern-libya
Military Presence in Libya
Serving Objective 14: Entrenching Russian influence in the MENA region and Objective 16: Entrenching Russian influence in sub-Saharan Africa
Dec 2024. Russia’s Africa Corps accelerates “refurbishing the Maaten al-Sarra air base in southern Libya,” in the territory controlled by rebel leader Khalifa Haftar’s forces.
https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/africa-russia-expands-footprint-chad-upgrades-airbase-southern-libya
Political Subversion in Germany
Serving Objective 2: Strengthening the Western political forces considered by Moscow to be inimical to the Western-led international order, and the Kremlin’s relationships with such forces
12 Feb 2025. Russian online disinformation networks are reported to be “spreading unfounded rumours aimed at discrediting Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader whom polls place ahead of the second-placed, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany in polls.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-linked-bots-sow-fear-distrust-ahead-german-vote-researchers-find-2025-02-12/
Covert and Political Subversion vs Germany
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
12 Feb 2025. Russian online disinformation networks are reported to be engaged in efforts to “sow fear and depress voter turnout” in Germany’s coming general elections, including by “spreading faked spy agency warnings of terrorist attacks in Germany.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-linked-bots-sow-fear-distrust-ahead-german-vote-researchers-find-2025-02-12/
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