QUESTION: With US influence in Africa waning, we heard there was an alleged Kremlin operation in Africa to rig elections. IS THIS TRUE? The Dossier Center (TDC), w/the @mbk_center turned up some AMAZING details on it. We asked Chris (TDC) to explain. Follow this thread... 
ANSWER: "As far as we were able to match the time frame, Sergei Lavrov had several visits to African countries back to 2017 where agreements with the African leaders were discussed. The (Yevgheny) Prigozhin team seems to be contracted by the Kremlin to perform the plans."...
Prigozhin’s (Putin's close friend) social and political technologists (who were previously working on some stuff in Syria) traveled to the African countries to do research on the internal political system Prigozhin staff made a list of the African countries (56)"...
"dividing them into echelons - 1,2,3). After conducting research, they would show it to Prigozhin himself and suggest what benefits this country can possibly bring to him and to the Russian national interests as well as how much they possibly should spend and etc."...
"If a country is placed in the first echelon, Prigozhin team with coordination and assistance from the Russian embassy in that African country would travel on the ground and follow the plan. The agreement on the term and scope of cooperation"...
"would be usually decided on the governmental level of a particular African country. After that the team would, for instance, make a disinformation campaign that should benefit the candidate they're helping. Also they would be around this leader"...
"to advise him on what steps to make to increase his rating throughout the population. They would find or create a dirt campaigns against the competitors…"
"Madagascar is a good instance. In March 2018 Prigozhin staff under a cover of being Russian tourists arrived in Antananarivo. At least 6 candidates were bribed to support a need one chosen by Russians."...
"One of Prigozhin staff, Maxim Shugaley, who’s currently imprisoned in Libya, bribed several candidates in Madagascar. The Russian team was the one who organised the demonstrations in Madagascar against so-called French colonialism."...
"The leader of that movement was Kemi Seba who was hired by Prigozhin staff. Also, according to the statement of two employees who travelled to Madagascar, their security was organised by FSB and GRU."
Chris says they have documents to back all of this up. Read more about The Dossier Center dossier.center
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