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Vladimir Putin is muscling his way into Africa, and that is bad news for US interests

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When Moscow sees a vacuum in Africa left by Europe or the United States, it increasingly steps in with trade and business agreements, military sales and cooperation, and political and paramilitary support. What it lacks in China's means it makes up for with muscle, writes Fred Kempe of the Atlantic Council.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to bestow state awards on military personnel who fought in Syria, at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 28, 2017.Russian leader Vladimir Putin recently bought himself into an African country for a relative pittance, working through, his favorite contractor for such special projects, which have ranged from attempting to tip U.S. elections to saving Syria's dictator.

In the Central African Republic, Washington had discarded this resource-rich country, poised strategically between Africa's Muslim north and Christian south, as a place of marginal importance. US officials are now scrambling to frame a response. Though the story of China's increased influence in Africa is well-known, the competing Russian version has only recently gained more attention.

 

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Why is Putin even in the news why don't anyone stop Trump? This is rediculous.

BLAME IT ON POTUS

Two Autocratic Regimes, Russia and China are scrambling for Africa to re Colonise, and pseudo leftists don't see a danger!

Trump is afraid to skate on Wollman Rink and Putin is not afraid to fall.

Probably bad news for Africans too.

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