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Central African Republic, Russia
PM Ngrebada flies in style aboard Prigozhin's jet

CAR Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, 3 June 2021. © Primature RCA officiel/Twitter

Despite Western concerns over Russia's growing influence in Bangui, the Central African leader had no qualms about taking the private jet of the oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin to the recent Saint Petersburg business forum. [...]

Published on 10.06.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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PM Ngrebada flies in style aboard Prigozhin's jet

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Washington's secret war against Wagner's planes

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