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...At another in the Urals region, staff confirmed that “only our workers” at Gazprom could enlist to Potok....
...Niger has drawn closer to the military rulers of Mali and Burkina Faso, who have distanced themselves from western powers since toppling leaders in their own countries....
...It also marked another strategic victory for Moscow in the Sahel, the semi-arid strip south of the Sahara, where military governments have increasingly shunned their traditional western allies in favour...
...Ukrainian and western officials have told the Financial Times that Russia may be gearing up for a large-scale attack in late spring or summer in hopes of capturing more of the regions of Donetsk, Kherson...
...Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group is active in Mali and Russian soldiers were deployed to Burkina Faso last week....
...“We are engaging with the region in ways consistent with our laws so that we can continue to make sure that the region is safe,” Judd Devermont, senior director for African Affairs at the National Security...
...“Those are good-paying manufacturing jobs that are going to increase the wealth of our citizens in our region.”...
...officials close to them, western officials told the FT on Thursday....
...Another young woman — a resident of the Voronezh region — acknowledged there had been “unpleasant” moments during the episode....
...Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, a senior Sahel analyst at the International Crisis Group, said Bazoum’s pro-western stance had received a mixed reception at home, where he had taken “quite a hit”....
...The coup posed a dilemma to western leaders, Yahaya said....
...Earlier on Monday Russia released images of defence minister Sergei Shoigu visiting troops, the first time he has been pictured in public since Prigozhin’s move against the country’s senior military leadership...
...Déby was a key western ally in the war on terror and the French-led effort against jihadism in the Sahel....
...The coup in the west African country had began earlier on Wednesday when Tchiani moved against the pro-western Bazoum and confined him to his home....
...He’s almost the only western ally in the region still standing.” It was not clear whether the coup leaders had the support of all the armed forces....
...The list also includes countries such as Mali and the Central African Republic that are clients of the Wagner paramilitary group, which Russia says will continue to deploy in the region despite its leader...
...The president also said he had ordered “additional measures of an anti-terrorist nature” in Moscow and “several other regions”....
...The junta that seized power in Niger last week has since arrested senior politicians....
...Donbas region....
...Senior diplomats have for several years been arguing in favour of a rethink, as well as a reinvestment in postings, language-training and international expertise....
...The exodus into Chad, whose military junta has been a western ally against Islamist extremism, highlights the mounting problems in countries across the volatile Sahel region, from Mali and Burkina Faso to...
...Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary group led Russia’s forces into a city pulverised by heavy artillery — using tactics similar to those the Ukrainian army is employing in the area....
...led by army captain Ibrahim Traoré, asked France to withdraw a month ago, saying its own troops would defend the country against the Islamist militants that have troubled the Sahel nation and the wider region...
...However, there has been a notable change of tone among senior western officials, who have appeared increasingly sceptical about Russian military capabilities....
...The limelight emboldened Prigozhin so much that he set his sights on ousting Shoigu, one of Putin’s oldest allies, according to the Wagner leader’s associate and two senior western officials....
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