“This is a complete failure”: because of Syria, African juntas doubted their alliance with the Russian Federation,
African dictatorships are unpleasantly surprised by how easily and quickly Russia “surrendered” to the Assad regime.
After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, African juntas allied with Russia are worried that they will be abandoned to their fate in the same way as happened with the Syrian dictatorship. The French newspaper Le Monde writes about this.
The publication notes that Russia is now trying to negotiate with the new Syrian authorities on maintaining its bases in at least some form and at the same time transferring some of its property to Libya. There, the Kremlin has established good relations with Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who controls half of the country.
Previously, Syrian and Libyan bases were important intermediate points for Russia's communication with its sub-Saharan African allies – in…
