Russia Trains Its Propaganda Machine on Africa - for years Russia sent arms, offered mercenaries, and cinched mining deals, now many players who drove Moscow’s campaign for influence in the West are backing Putin’s African charm offensive, by @antontroian
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@antontroian In addition to Kremlin’s RT & Sputnik, prominent figures in Russia’s Africa push include Yevgeny Prigozhin, indicted by Mueller for running a troll farm & said to run contractor Wagner that's active in several African countries & also Konstantin Malofeev
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@antontroian Alexander Malkevich who founded propaganda website USAReally and is helping pay Maria Butina's legal bills and is reportedly funded by Prigozhin - says he spends about one-third of his time on Africa
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