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Central African Republic
Moscow assumes a hands-on role

Under the cover of training the army, Russian ‘agents' present in Bangui since the start of the year are conferring with the country's warlords. [...]

Published on 23/05/2018 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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