russia is expanding its tools for evading sanctions by shifting part of its international payments to crypto payment channels via African countries. moscow is promoting the A7 platform in Nigeria and Zimbabwe as an alternative mechanism for foreign payments. This involves settlements through stablecoins and debt instruments, which are harder to track and block compared…
russia has launched a propaganda campaign for cosmonautics day in countries of the Global South. ▫️ Through the network of “rossotrudnichestvo” and the so-called “russian houses,” festivals, lectures, exhibitions, and educational events dedicated to space and Yuriy Gagarin’s flight are being held across dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. ▫️ Although these…
The kremlin is intensifying its efforts in Africa and preparing for the third “russia–Africa” summit, seeking to translate its presence on the continent into a phase of practical influence consolidation. ▫️ Preparations for the summit, conducted under a decree from putin and promoted at the kremlin level, indicate that Africa has become a priority in…
russia continues to use its presence in countries of the Global South to recruit mercenaries for the war against Ukraine. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, russia is actively recruiting mercenaries among Cuban citizens. At present, at least 10,000 Cubans have been recruited. The example of Cuban mercenaries…
russia is systematically conducting information special operations, bribing media, and interfering in electoral processes in African countries. ▫️ In Angola, two russian citizens are to stand trial on charges of espionage, terrorism, and interference in the presidential elections. According to the investigation, they operated through a network organized by the intelligence services called Africa Politology,…
russian propaganda resources are actively spreading the news about the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the first “russian-designed” nuclear power plant in Vietnam. In russia this information is presented as a “breakthrough agreement” that will serve mutual development, but in reality, it’s another attempt by russia to use nuclear energy to…
russia exploits the historical memory of African states to promote its propaganda and construct an artificial “shared experience.” ▫️ On the Day of Remembrance of the heroes of the uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar, a local “russian house” organized a screening of the russian film “Nakhimovtsy.” ▫️ The film itself has no connection…
The head of rossotrudnichestvo— an organization responsible for promoting russian propaganda abroad — yevgeny primakov stated that the occupied city of Donetsk is interested in cooperation with African countries, particularly in the areas of food security, education, and industry. ▫️Such statements are primarily political in nature. primakov himself openly admits that the main objective is…
russian propaganda proudly reports on a “humanitarian project” in the Republic of Congo, where, with the participation of russian organizers in Brazzaville, several drinking water wells were drilled. Propagandists emphasize that thanks to this, more than 300,000 people will have access to free water. While russian specialists are thinking about water for Africans, the water…
kremlin has changed its approach to recruiting foreigners into the russian army to participate in the war against Ukraine. Recruitment is now carried out on a systematic basis. This is noted by researchers at the Robert Lansing Institute. Whereas previously it was mostly about semi-legal schemes and unofficial channels — closed groups in messengers, front…
After the attack on Azerbaijan by Iranian drones, pro-russian channels immediately started promoting another conspiracy theory, alleging that Ukraine was behind the strike, having used “trophy” Iranian Arash-2 drones to “drag Azerbaijan into a war against Iran”. russian propaganda uses as evidence the supposedly found drone debris in Kazakhstan after Ukraine’s attacks on russia, where,…
Kenya has accused russia of large-scale recruitment of its citizens for the war against Ukraine. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, announced a visit to moscow to demand an end to this practice. ▫️ russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals has long become systemic in nature. Most recruits from African countries have…
