including libya, syria, molly and central african republic. it's been accused of war crimes by the ukrainian government, and the e. u has sanctioned it after accusing it of serious human rights abuses in ukraine . the middle east and africa. the united states also used private contractors in the past. 4 of the former blackwater groups personnel were found guilty of killing iraqis civilians in a mass shooting in baghdad in 2007, but were freed from jail in the us after. pardon by then president donald trump will lead spring in our guests. now for today's show in copenhagen soccer mccloud, a chair of the un working group on the use of mercenaries in oxford, samuel romani, associate fellow at the royal united services institute and author of putting his war on ukraine and in amsterdam. marika to hone assistant professor in international criminal law at the university of amsterdam, and especially on crimes of aggression. thank you for joining us on inside. sorry, a very warm welcome. samuel. let me sot with you. russia has suffered repeated setbac

you mentioned the example of the central african republic there soccer. but more recently, maria, the wagner group, for example, was invited by the military government in molly to provide security against armed groups. and it is the arrival of, you know, the, the them wagner. will that influence francis decision to withdraw in 2021, to pull it, stoops out of the country. who then, you know, in, in the case of man, for example, if crimes are committed by members of, of the wagner group who's then is responsible and liable for these abuses? is it the maryan government, which invited the group under international law or, or, i mean, who did, who do you turn to? yes and yes. all of them. so it is obviously the individuals that are committing crimes. i. it is their command balls and most particularly of course, a be goes in like the, the leader of the walking or group. and he might be very interesting also for the international criminal court to actually look at. but it's also, and there's also sanctioned regimes against a lot of members of the wagner group an

for instance, the central african republic in there for nothing illegal is going on. and international law struggles, international humanitarian law to laws of armed conflict, struggles with how to really determine and categorize these types of people. because on the one hand you have a category such as that combatants like regular armed forces for instance, but also mirth, reese, which are very mostly prohibited and then civilians but, but these private military contractors, they kind of escape a lot of these categories that were really i suppose these private military companies are often particularly designed to escape these categories, but of a legitimate sorry, are they legitimate? well, so they fight very often in violation of the lives or aren't loves, of our conflicts or to commit war crime. so that is very much illegal, notwithstanding which category there is. but it, it shows some sort of like ability to that deny as if russia state is involved. so if they are saying that while in tears and rushes saying, oh, they're not part of us. it seems almost, it's cred

we've seen their use in libya and central african republic in syria. and in multiple, multiple arms are on conflicts. and this is a new, a new development where we're seeing a shift that you're the traditional idea of the, the, the mercenary army or the mercy was historically, you know, the white guys who went from the global north to the global south. they weren't very arch in numbers. and what we're seeing, what we've already heard is that, that would seem significantly larger numbers of them being recruited. and there's another layer of, of, of problem or complexity there, because they're being recruited from other on conflict or conflict affected countries. so for example, we've seen large numbers of, of people being recruited as mercenaries from syria. and sometimes us, because they have had experience as fighters for i s for example. or it's because they are being coerced and to, to becoming mercenaries for economic, for economic reasons. so we're not just seeing their, their, their impacts on ongoing, on conflicts where they're being deployed. w

the head of the russian house has been attacked in the central african republic. how's the investigation going? we expressed regret over this events. we strongly condemn this. the fact that the son of a friendly country who is working on the development of corporation between our country was subjected to a terrorist attack. we would like it to be condemned everywhere, but unfortunately, some media outlets, as you said, find ways to cheat and minimize all this with very sorry, that this is happening with some media handled social networks. i visited this where the son of russia with home praise, the lord, everything will be fine. what are people praying for him? we hope that he will recover and return to his activities. you know, this terrorist attack is not the 1st such case. then we also found out about a plane that flew out of a part of our country's territory and drop bombs on people. this incident is also being investigated and the investigation must be brought to an end. we hope that the un will take care of these matters. who would like to see such action st

what i can say is we have seen countries like central african republic set up mechanisms to hold these actors to account. the problem is groups like wagoner are becoming integrated into the fabric of society in countries like central african republic. making it difficult for the victims and families to report on human rights abuses and atrocities. they are being intimidated, harassed. we have seen defenders and journalists. the space to try and report these types of atrocities. it makes it very difficult. at the national level, it is hard to get accountability. working through the allegation in relation to the russian government, because we received information russian nationals had been involved in the torture and murder of a syrian national in syria in an attempt to bring the claim in the russian courts. multiple obstacles and delays, and the way of that claim. what we have seen for countries to exercise universal jurisdiction for serious claims being committed. so that you would seek some countries increasingly starting to do that. some claims are so heinous, in fact they should be

and the prime minister of the central african republic speaks about the importance of russia, ties the country, an exclusive interview with c. so you're talking about wagner and we're talking about the fact that the president met with the president putin who agree to come to the rescue to protect democracy in the c a r a c international role costing a live from much. there's just plus the hour and it's great to have you with us. i'm going to mommy. let's take a look at today's top stories. for our 1st story today, ariel jones have become a major means of warfare and the fight for don bus. the aircraft to use for conducting with closing operations as was destroy enemy positions. as he's a senior correspondent, more on gusio reports from the ground. these close to the front lines. roads are a mortal hazard. artillery is trained on every stretch. only trees offer cover. even that scant. ah, probably less the closest they are is 700 meters away at 3 o'clock through in a total of 3 directions. also a 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock and our boys are there to their rotating today. they're doing wel

and the prime minister of the central african republic speaks about the importance of russia's ties with the country in an exclusive interview with you talking about wagner and we talking about the fact that the president met with the president booted to agree to come to the rescue to protect democracy in the ceo with that i often in here at moscow and so good to have your company for this. i was program one out what is a strange to see her face doing this? so the us treasury secretary is on a lengthy tour of africa as washington seeks to strengthen its ties on the continent. though her agenda so far is focused on deriving russia and china. and ultimately, at the end of the day, a blaming them for troubles in the region, which is war in weapon ization of food, his exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man present in put is creating an unnecessary drag on africa economy. we believe that the international community, including china, needs to provide meaningful debt relief to help countries regain their

adrian: i'm not sure if that is a situation we can see in the central african republic where wagner's troops are protecting the government. in mali, you cannot see troops or contractors from wagner in the capital. they are mainly deployed in the central part of the country and so as regards to relations with the u.n. in the central african republic, there has been a kind of collaboration initially but it is not the case in mali. in burkina faso come you don't have any deployment but what is happening in mali and is likely to happen in burkina faso is the role of malicious which have been growing in terms of importance and we can see in central mali wagner trips together with the military and cooperating with local militias. one of the options deadlocked by the military government in burkina faso is to support and strengthen those kinds of forces. we could see a new kind of agreement between troops from russia and the local militia. adrian: sorry to cut you off but time is against us. we have not talked about the groups operating on the ground. why are these armed groups so focused on

this is little bit russian instruct us work efficiently in the central african republic. the government of the country satisfied with our work, it was stated by officials of the republic, including the president and the prime minister. the local population is proud of the current level of training of law enforcement agencies that can protect them from external enemies. the russian military takes part not only training soldiers, but also helps in carrying out various operations. i declare, once again, the russian, instructors of the commonwealth of international security officers are working in the central african republic and invitation of the official authorities and soldiers of the wagner group are not there. the local population treats the russian military well as they are aware of their role, ensuring the security of the country now assigned to the crank of local authorities, say, a missile fired by an air defense system has hit a residential building in the country. second largest city arkell, this footage circling on social media, shows the aftermath of the incident.

a in as the central african republic. yes, it seems as there has been a kind of collaboration initially, but it is definitely not the case or inner in malay or in working for so you do not have any u. n. a deployment but what is happening in melee and which is also very likely to have happen in booking if i so is a rule of self defense. malicious which has been a growing in terms of importance. and we can see that in melina central. mellie, wagner's troops together with the 1000000 military are closely cooperating with those local, malicious, and one of the option which is presently developed by the military governments in booking. if i so is presently to a support and a 2 ers strengthen those kind of forces. so we can see a new kind of agreement between troops from russia and does local minish camps. i'm sorry to, to, to cut you off with talk. time is against us here. i want to put one more question to alex and we haven't really talked about the groups operating on the ground or alex da while these on group so focused ri

particularly an issue in the west african nations in the past, when molly, as well as the central african republic, recently thousands of people rallied in the book and the capitals who support thank government's decision to expel a contingent of french troops from the country, a french france, as you say, has already withdrawn forces from molly and the central african republic. well, we heard from african analyst and civil society activist surrogate. but jala says france has been using its military to control african countries instead of helping them edition among other resources. and also. busy for some attitude, when we look at the look kind of we see the front print puts in send in our a way to, to word the country a fast for see use some we in fact we, our s is that is also some t which is really really a bad for a lack of that honesty and we kind of said it in early sion. we've our a creation and we never see it is lucretia, to support our son just on to suck on our a s i t to mexico now where hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the presidential palace demanding the resignation of p

here's the central african republic. go get the money yourself, and he mines gold there.ola. albaza there is getting money in accordance with that. now, we gave donetsk oblast, he in soledar was excited, among other things, to get salt there , for example. there is something else, something can be stolen from the central african republic, it is possible that a beautiful one was stolen, too, and brought to putin. these are the gifts everyone brings to him for this. putin already has a test, they reminded him of the beauties with various things, the type is completely silent, but the war between the foreign minister and the ministry of defense does not embarrass putin at all , this does not concern putin himself. big , they were an arbiter between different wings of the arbiter, the first, different businessmen , oligarchs, eh, i don’t know about the government structures, but , well, it was agreed that here you are, the fsb, now i don’t know, the stalls are burning on rubber bands, and you cops are only cigarette stalls, and that solves way, that's how it was, it was the m

connection with the statement macron, that we are undermining french interests from the central african republice very mentality that the european union applies to any part of the globe, and in particular , this mentality was declared in relation to ukraine back in the early 2000s. when the european union said directly, ukraine should choose either with europe or with russia, even the vicious logic applies to the african continent. how can you see on the facts? when france actively participated in leading roles in the aggression against libya and contributed to the destruction of the state. we warned that this would end very badly for the africans. uh, as a result, in the absence of a lyrical state , in the absence of any state state apparatus, libya turned into a black hole millions poured into europe through libya, and illegal migrants, and in the opposite direction, streams went into the sahara sahel region through libya, which turned into a black hole smuggled weapons of terrorists of all stripes, including e, the state began to suffer from them. terrorists, who headed to moths and other sug

in syria, its operating all across the african continent, such as in lee work in a fossil central african republic. and there are still wagner fighters in syria. and now obviously we're seeing a lot of wagner activity in ukraine. however, this time wagner is trying to get into the spotlight because probably precaution has some political ambition. so he's using the swap in order to further his goals. right. so how much does the russian army rely on these wagner group fighters and ukraine? i think there is a lot of reliance on wagner and i think they're not at odds was they chose were given the fact that wagner has also closed ties to the secret military intelligence, the g r u. so i think that they are coordinating their operations to a certain degree and what walker does, they're doing the dirty work for the russian army, and they've been doing that in syria as well. so they are not afraid of a loss is because those losses are not documented in official statistics. so it's very safe to use wagner because all to fight her, it's like the prisoners that gordon has recruited are not basically in the o

they have access to gold mines in mali and the central african republic. they are seeking more of that and that directly follows the combat that they are engaged in in ukraine. we are working on some of those measures. we are working with african governments and encouraging those who have gotten in bed with wagner to rethink and try to strengthen those who are under threat of wagner now. >> do you need any further guidance, support from my congressional action? >> not at this moment, but as we pursue the drawing up of the financial network of wagner, we may come back to you if we may. as you know, in other settings, we can just talk about some of the other activities that we are involved with. >> thank you. i want to just mention one point in regard to the u.s. a i.d.. i understand you are not using some of the u.s. russia funded dollars that have been successfully re-dedicated to help ukraine. can you give us a quick status on the use of those funds? >> thank you senator, yes it was i think with your help and bipartisan support will able to unlock those f

we're now being accused of infringing on french interests, and molly burkina, faso and the central african republic. the e. u applies the same philosophy and mentality anywhere in the world. the same vicious logic applies to the african continent. lever, i've explained the situation as one part of a larger western neo colonial mission to tell african nations which countries they can and can't have good diplomatic relations with. he said it's not russia's problem, that africa is ditching the west. and looking to moscow in many spheres of co operation, another recent example took place. and molly proposal, she thought so slowly was a similar situation developed. and molly, a year ago, when the country's leadership concluded that the decision to withdraw french troops and remove their military bases, would create security threats in the region. that is why they asked for help from us, specifically, our private military companies. we are not to blame for the fact that the french military molly did not live up to their expectations. but ultimately, the situation developing in africa seems to come down t

existing continents of the african continent, including of the great lakes area and the central african republic. molly, self sued on the north of mozambique, and we are both for the opinion that it is up to the africans to decide how to resolve the issues on the continent of the south african role in resolving these crisis situation is important and the international community must support the directions and the paths chosen by african countries including as part of the african union and other sub regional organizations. russia will actively corporate and promote the resolution and various ations. and we are preparing african peacekeepers and providing all the necessary equipment to various missions and organizations active on the continent. we are deeply interested in growing our dialogue and developing rushes of partnerships with the african union countries as well as a sub regional st. some regional entities, including those where south africa is an active participant. we discussed the preparation for the 2nd russia, africa summit, which will be held in late july this year in st. petersburg.

macron immediately saw the machinations of russia, we are undermining french interests in the central african republicburkina faso is the same philosophy, the same mentality that the european union, uh, apply uh to any uh, points of the globe, uh, and in particular, this particular mentality, and it was declared in relation to ukraine back in the early 2000s, when the european union directly said to ukraine that it should choose either with europe or with russia in the twenty-first century it behaves like a colonizer rapidly growing africa is interested in new formats of partnership. the russia-africa summit should become a powerful impetus for new projects. the previous meeting in this format was held in autumn. 2019 in sochi, guests are now expected at the end of july in st. petersburg and preparations have already begun alexey petrovsky vadim trusov and all vlad together for a week in south africa and with the batting of angola and eritrea. on wednesday, the 31st international christmas educational readings opened at the state kremlin palace in moscow on the theme, the global challenges of modernit

nobody really cares about africa into have been one of the longest was in college, central african republic been having a lot of was, wasn't big. there was war people in, at 2 positions in football start to speak out. unfortunately, in the countries those countries, wherever they are, in the worst, they will get close to the cheese like that. so i'm not surprised at all. unfortunately, that the russian or politician, it's a quarter to operate. what is in africa? it's an invasion in africa where the common lute until this resources to the west, and then they come back to say a one percent of the. so he's right. what you said. it's unfortunate that the whole country in the west don't want to hear the truth that come from africans. he's right. i believe he had to say that based on the fact that these families in africa, they want to want to feed the world what they want to feel the web about. they want their narrative, the, with the owners good. that's all for this out to be sure to check out our website, r t dot com, follow the latest breaking news and updates. i'll see right back with i look

in the central african republic, in the moth , now here burkina faso is the same uh, philosophy, the very mentality that the european union uh, apply uh to any uh, point of the globe, uh, and in particular, it is this mentality, a that was a declared in relations with ukraine back in the early 2000s, when the european union directly said ukraine should to choose either with europe or she with russia on it is sad that this, and not the imaginary mentality of logic based on the principle, divide and power, still manifests itself in most of the foreign political actions that are taken by, uh, our european western colleagues in general. we are for uniting efforts, and all the states of the west of the east in order to jointly and constructively solve the problems of the global south, primarily african, and not use these strange ones as a clearing for promoting their unilateral e confrontational approaches, the success of the brix group, which is showing the interest of more and more countries , is due to the fact that work in it is based on equality and all participants in brix work on t

in the central african republic in the moth now in the burkins is the same uh, philosophy, the same mentalitythe european union uh, apply to any uh, point of the globe, uh, and in particular, this particular mentality. e was, e, declared in relation to ukraine back in the early 2000s, when the european union directly said ukraine should choose either from europe or us from russia in the century. behaves like a colonialist rapidly, growing africa is interested in new formats of partnership, for example, brix is ​​a new one, such as sense. that it is not built on the principle, uh, leading the ice, it is not a structure where a command is given and everyone is taken under the hood, as we are now seeing? uh, in nato, russia's relations should not become closer, it has also become. it is known that the invitation of vladimir putin to the russia-africa summit, which will be held in july in st. petersburg, was sent to the king from latin. one of the hottest other international news today could be the establishment of a common currency brix by at the very least, president silva of brazil allowed thi

the group has also operated in places like syria, central african republic, libya and malley, among others. initially, about 300 wagner contractors took part in the invasion of ukraine in february 2022 . their mission, according to ukraine and western officials, capture and killed president vladimir zelinski by march. their presence had triple to 1000. and the pentagon currently estimates at least $50000.00 fighters operating an eastern ukraine, of which only $10000.00 r contractors. the remaining 40000 r convicts. russia initially cooled the invasion as special military operation that would quickly achieve the kremlin schools. but it stalled and russia had to re think it's military strategy. that's when the role of this private army became more prominent in easton ukraine with the support of the regular army. how they can be right. they usually have some kind of divisional responsibility rush on their go or user. they come through arthur a, roger and navigation, and spark their group. i used a special units or soldiers not as, as storming or some of the defense for into 5. now you can, yo

nobody really cares about africa in do you have a one of the longest was in college central african republic been having a lot of was, wasn't me. there was war, people in positions would board start to speak out unfortunately in the countries those countries, wherever they are, in the worst they will get it like that. so i'm not surprised at all. unfortunately, is that the russian or publishing it's a quarter to operate. whereas in africa, it's an invest in africa where the common lute and took all this resources to the west, and then they come back to say, a good one percent of it. so it is right what you said. it's unfortunate that the whole country, you know, with no lien on to the tooth that will come from african and he's i believe he had to say that based on the fact that the family africa there was one to feed the world what they want to feel the web about, they want the narrative of the, with the owners, right? washington pressure twitter to find a russian connection to us elections even off the platform, tried and failed to discover any such evidence as, according to the latest batc

so and molly, as well as the central african republic, these are the thousands of people rallied in the he knobby capital support the government's decision to spell a contingent of french truth from the country. frances, already withdrawn forces from molly and the c. a r s was live now to pile african hours and civil society. and so it's so gabrielle, thanks so much for joining us here. now, it seems a emanuel micron and his country have lost the thrust of international community target for the ad on says, micron is not honest or he this honest in his discussions, what did he meant by that? thank you for the i see that this with president is close to reality. a friend is not right in relation we for an increase on when we took a national a. busy button and ship it, we never see air fryer as a some we can asset and be says it and be honest with us on the african continent. there's a lot of sense he and one is going to be out in the case of jennifer. so my country, so we just asked to phrase lead a young lady for fresh start to get it. reach us by mr. macro, ease to have more s p issue. a

they are in ukraine, they are opening representative offices in serbia, they are in in the central african republicare in mali. they are now the mouths of the soul, and these are all people who graze in one way or another free from this absolute discipline that characterizes the employees of the russian special services well, you know, it seems to me that this is still the result of the fact that the russian federation is a special service under which there is a state, and at one time a russian general said that there is a prussian army under it is a state, and actually this is the thinking of the kedebists - this is the thinking of... in fact, during the cold war, and they simply made it not a point tool, but actually so large-scale, because it is definitely a private military campaign, although there is no such thing and it cannot be, it is prohibited by russian and international legislation, including mercenaries. but they tried at least at the first few moments to deny the participation of the state or any connection with the state, now they have the impudence to the extent that the same beauty

nobody really cares about a one of the longest was in college, central african republic been having a lot of wars, wasn't there was war. people in positions football start to speak out. unfortunately, in the countries those countries, wherever they are in the waste there, we'll get to the cheese like that. so i'm not surprised at all. unfortunately, is that the russian or publishing it's a quarter to operate. whereas in africa, it's an invasion in africa where they come in and tackle this resources to the west . and then they come back to say a good one percent of it. so he's right. what do you say? it's unfortunate that the whole country is, you know, with, don't want to hear the truth that will come from africa. and he's right. i believe he had to say that based on the fact that these families in africa, they want to want to feed the world. what they want to feel the where abouts they want their narrative, the, with the owners get moving on now, washington pressure switch or to find a russian connection to the u. s. elections or not, even after the platform tried and failed to disco

that is, we clearly we understand the countries where he went, the central african republic and the small ones, first of all, but besides that, yes, of course , artemsilts is one of the very nice fast ones that he would certainly like to apply for. but i think that his is one of one of the most important dreams of ideas is to enter the higher league of russian politics, that is, to enter and have the opportunity to influence one of the parliamentary factions and even form a partial one, so i think that the minimum task is definitely business , and the maximum task or the main task is to enter the higher left of russian politics and to become a person who forms a political agenda in the state opinion of the russian federation, that is why, as a matter of fact, he has recently been so actively excited about myronov's sps, and that is why he so actively criticized in his time the ide eh ldper eh who wanted they wanted to invite him thanks to the entrance to reanimate the branded dbr. and actually speaking, he plays already at the present moment, first of all, in political games, that is, he

the group has also operated in places like syria, central african republic, libya and malley, among others. initially about 300 wagner contractors took part in the invasion of ukraine in february 2022. their mission, according to ukraine and western officials, capture and killed president vladimir zelinski by march. their presence had triple to 1000. and the pentagon currently estimates at least $50000.00 fighters operating an eastern ukraine of which only $10000.00 r contractors. the remaining 40000 r convicts. russia initially called the invasion as special military operation that would quickly achieve the kremlin schools. but it stalled and russia had to rethink its military strategy. that's when the role of this private army became more prominent in easton ukraine with the support of the regular army howitzers. it could be right as a usually i say, of some kind or, or division over i responsibility. ah, russian regular army usually control after aerotech marseilles, us an addition and are, are this lucky group? our eyes use a special ah, units or soldiers or not possess falls, a stormy

particular, an issue in the west african nation of buchanan. facile and molly, as well as the central african republic. recently thousands of people rallied in the book. he now b capital support their government's decision to expel a contingent of friendship from the country. france has already withdrawn forces from them. for molly and the c a r we heard from africa, alice and civil society activists, sergey baler, who says france has been using this message is for to control african countries. instead of helping them fight against terrorists. that a r natural resources and also for some odd to choose when look i do look kind of please the front range in, in a way to, to heard the country a request for see you some we get, we are in a that is also something which is really a bad for a lot of us. that's when they see it kind of said it is early sion we've a creation and we never see us. it is a sophomore. i a g s i think yes. hi monica rubio has had some choice words for china, saying the country's government is deep being made with many industrial complex. well, i think those 2 things. the 1st is the

in the central african republic they have been providing security for the president, and they are int ambushed by isis and took heavy casualties. they were pushed out quite quickly. it was a month—long deployment, a very short while. islamic state was able to take on vast swaths of territory, to a point where they were able to seize palma, which is a rich oil—producing area, one of the big gas towns. but it's really in ukraine's donbas region where wagner group has absolutely hit the headlines. they're often more effective than regular russian forces. their ranks swollen by 40,000 convicts, recruited from russia's penal colonies and often used as cannon fodder. so what does a typical wagner contract mercenary look like? they're often former members of russian special forces, the spetsnaz. they tend to hide their identities behind balaclavas or facemasks. they're armed with some of the latest russian weapons and equipment and they're far better paid than ordinary russian conscripts. this is the man who runs them, yevgeny prigozhin, wanted by the fbi, a former convict and a close ally

is growing, so by the way, we should not forget about africa there, for example, in the central african republicthe prime minister, eh, in general, it’s a good time, officers, and we know that we are on the first place, so how is there well , we have so many such black spots , it is not clear what is actually happening, so this is not new, we have had examples in history, of course, russia is interested in having points of tension , having points of instability, having points such uncontrollable chaos. as much as possible in the world, it did not allow the world to concentrate on the russian-ukrainian war in israel, as the current defeat is read, she understands this iranian danger, the danger of the fact that only cooperation with russia will only strengthen the russian readiness to help serana because it is imperceptible none uh, the reaction from jerusalem, well, look, we need to separate the military, of course, if we look at what the israeli military is talking about , it is mostly clear that they are not combatants there centuries of terrorists, and i discuss veterans, such as routines, wo

because of their part in ukraine , but also because of the presence of syria, libya , and the central african republic, such a step will allow the united states to apply more sanctions, in particular , the chinese company that is believed to have supplied the wagner-ritz satellite has already come under american sanctions pictures of ukraine and according to estimates of the united states fighting in ukraine approximately 50,000 wagner mercenaries approximately 10% of russian forces in ukraine here are the estimates of british intelligence and the wagnerites are recruiting from russian prisons in ukraine, the wagnerites are accused of many war crimes, other than the united states, the american media believe that putin is ready to prepare a new offensive against ukraine, and at the same time, i am preparing russia for a conflict with the united states as their allies , the american agency blumberg journalists write about this believe that putin has prepared for the fact that the conflict will last for many years . the kremlin wants to demonstrate that its troops can regain the initiative . after severa

nobody really cares about africa in do you have seen in one of the longest was in college, central african republic. been having a lot of was, wasn't big, there was war people in, at 2 positions in football start to speak out. unfortunately in the countries those countries, wherever they are, in the worst we'll, we'll get towards the cheese like that. so i'm not supposed to call unfortunately, that the russian or publishing it's a quarter to operate. whereas in africa, it's an invest in africa where the common lute and took all this resources to the west. and then they come back to say a good one percent of eat. so he is right when you said it's unfortunate that there was countries in the west building on to year. the truth doesn't come from africans. and he's right. i believe he had to say that based on the fact that these families in africa there was to want to feed the world what they want to feel the where abouts they want their narrative of the, with only below washington pressured twitter to find a russian connection to us selections, even after the platform tried and failed to discover any s

issue in the west african nations, for example, but in a fast forward model, as well as the central african republic. recently, thousands of people rallied in the book and a capital to support the government's decision to expel a contingent of french troops from the country. france has already withdrawn forces from molly and the c, a r. we heard from african analyst on to civil society. activists asserted by jala, who says france has been using its military to control african countries instead of helping them a move of natural resources. and also. busy for some attitude, when we look at the look kind of we see a front fringe boots in a, in a way to, to word the country a fast for c. you've asked some we in fact we, our f. s. is that is also some t which is really, really a bad for a lot of that honesty and i've sent it in early sion. we've our a creation and we never see. it is grecian to support our son just on the suck on our a site. in mexico, hundreds of protests have gathered outside the presidential palace demanding the resignation of president lopez open a door at the following foot. shoving