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Luke Harding
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Scoop: leaked documents reveal #Russia's big push in Africa. My story featuring #Putin's favourite chef Yevgeny #Prigozhin and his undercover political operatives, from #Sudan to #CAR to #Madagascar theguardian.com/world/2019/jun… thanks @dossier_center
Here's analysis piece on what #Kremlin is seeking to achieve in #Africa: finding new allies, shoring up dictators, striking business and military deals, pushing out US, France and UK, squashing pro-democracy revolts theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
And here's my mini-profile of Yevgeny #Prigozhin, the man leading #Russia's push in #Africa. From Soviet felon and hot-dog seller to the Kremlin's global action man and oligarch emperor of the St Petersburg troll factory theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
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Luke Harding
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Revealed: wife of #Putin's spokesman faces questions over US tax affairs - my latest with @jonswaine in New York theguardian.com/us-news/2019/f…
Tatiana Navka lived and trained in the US for over a decade. She was a US permanent resident up until Sep 2015 - the year she married Putin's press sec Dmitry Peskov. Navka was obliged to declare her global income. Including from #Russian sources ..
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How #Czechoslovakia spied on Donald and Ivana #Trump during the Cold War, seeking access to 'highest echelons of US power' - my exclusive report with @RESPEKT_CZ, featuring new archive docs and previously unknown secret agents theguardian.com/us-news/2018/o…
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Exclusive: #Russian-American tycoon who donated c.$300K to #Trump was in extensive contact with senior #Kremlin official during summer 2016 - my story with @NBCNews and Dossier Center theguardian.com/us-news/2018/s…
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Olga Lautman
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Leaked documents show Russia’s effort to exert influence in Africa

Prigozhin, Putin’s chef, is leading the effort in at least 13 countries. He is behind the St Petersburg troll farm and mercenaries dispatched in several countries. The West better wake up theguardian.com/world/2019/jun…
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#Sudan: “The death toll from the crackdown on a pro-democracy camp has reached +100, with +40 bodies pulled from the Nile, medical groups associated w/demonstrators have said. Internet access has since been cut, restricting protesters from communicating..” theguardian.com/world/video/20…
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Matthew Kupfer
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THREAD. Fascinating scoop from @NBCNews: associates of Yevgeny Prigozhin, man behind #Russia's troll factory, had a plan to radicalize Afro-Americans to fight for a black state in the US south. It is many things:
1) frightening
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3) indicative
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1) Frightening: Yes, it is scary because it shows that Prigozhin's people are theoretically willing to stoke violence (war) in the United States to advance their commercial goals (Prigozhin is, effectively, a businessman making money off the Russian state budget).
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Julia Davis
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Nothing special, just “Putin's Chef” Yevgeny Prigozhin, who funds the operations of #Russia's infamous IRA Troll Factory and the Wagner Group , meeting with the head of the Libyan army and top Russian military officials. (Khalifa Hifter, Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov).
Source: novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/…
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Olivier Guitta
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#Russia-n mercenaries are now showing up everywhere in #Africa: one country in particular is the #CAR where Russians are also providing weapons. Also present in the #Niger Delta of #Nigeria actually helping the rebels that target the western oil companies. bit.ly/2KkU0OD
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