“Vladimir PutinHe came to fight Africa in the 50, 60s and 70s, “said Franklin Niamsi Gamer’s influencer in many sites,” says hundreds of thousands of followers. ” He has participated Fight against Western imperialism. I hope you know it, ”he said. However, There is no evidence During that period, the Russian President visited Africa, and there was little to fight the colonial forces. Born in 1950, Putin was a child at the time.
However, these facts do not stop MisinformFirearms, especially in the old French colonies Sahel. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
Joseph Seyi, the Director of the Africa Center of the United States of Defense, Moscow’s attitude maintains manyAnd the media plays an important role. Speaking with ‘EuroNius’ from Washington, Seagal explained that “in situations where there is no established package.” Hope is caused by the media The eruption of unregulated or unlawful social media, which often occurs in Sahele for him.
The UN According to the Sahel region, there are 10 countries in Central and West Africa, of which have 400 million people. Of these 10, eight were colonized by FranceAlmost everyone did not get freedom until the 1960s. In all of them, the French are widespread, ie access and news of commentators and influential frankophones often change the boundaries between the countries of the region France was destined in the previous centuries.
However, Colonialism is no longer a hot topicSegi argues that the colonial traditions have disappeared from political life to a huge extent. “I would like to remind people that colonialism ended 60 years ago … This is not part of the recent election lecture“He said. In any case, Europe was still a favorite partner for many of these countries, because they advanced in sovereignty.
“When there were democratically inclined governments, though weak … Had good relationships with Europe“, He explained, these relationships were strong, especially with France, with deep political and business relationships in Africa with their old colonies, and it is called ‘Franzafric’ under a slightly known policy.
It stopped thousands of troops Many sites in Sahele. This number increased in 2013 when France and other European countries sent reinforcements to fight a series of terrorism in the region. Seagal argues that this is often a relationship Positive, it was only recently replaced by a series of conspiracies, which installed western pro -joint joints in the region.
Things fall
However, Delphin Digrabee, the best lawyer and the enthusiast of human rights, Sadiana, Russia’s rise is not so easyIt considers the deep anger of the region towards France and the historical support of Paris to the governments, according to them, in their opinion, not democratic.
In one Accident conversation Telefenica with ‘EuroNius’ from the capital Yamena, where, according to Digraybin, power cuts and mobile network often occur, L“Defender explained that colonialism may have changed in the form ofBut we continued under the yoke of France in practice. “” We felt it in a very bitter way. “
Told Digirai Sad Like other Frankophone countries in the region, maintaining a French law code, at least something, but These codes are not respected in the region or by Paris. “France always proposes itself as a human rights,” he lamented, “But when illegal executions are common, when the population is subjected to terrible, inhuman and degrading treatment … France did not face“
For example, he quotes the text French President, Emmanuel MacronAt the funeral of former President Sadiano Idris Debbi in 2021, he referred to the “brave friend” of the son and political heir of the Mahamadha for bringing the dead dictatorship to “stability”. AlthoughWithin one year, Relationships with chat and the entire region have become worse. France withdrew its 1,000 Mali troops in August 2022, and at the end of 2023, Burkina Baso and Niger were forced to leave the French military’s presence.
In a dramatic diplomatic dispute that erupted at the end of 2024, Macron said that France was never “thankful” Sorting the troops there. Debbie, the youngest, demanded that France be retiring from Chad, and Franafrik expelled him out of the blanket. At the same time, Kremlin was rapidly emerged from the shadows of campaigns on social networks and introduced by the doors of many presidential palaces The power of the new world The best friend of the city.
Love from Russia?
In the video released last month, Swiss-Camarolian Internet Personality Natali Yamp shared the former French former clip In the Mali Nicola Normand, the area is said to be “completely needed associations” and warned at the time “Russia has not provided any helpApart from military assistance … make a Brittorian guard for meetings. “
In saying this, a man appears in the lower right corner of the video of Yambin and does the action of the nose. To criticize ideas, Yamp appears on the screen and says that the “urban myth” about Russia will be buried. However, Segial says what Moscow is doing, which is actually filled with its own muscles Many leaders of the true Sahelians.
Until recently, these military sorting has often been trained Private military companies . Former Ambassador Natali Sabanatze, the EU, said that the Europeanus was “EuroNius”, which gave Russia a “credible denial”, ” What is important during Moscow He is still trying to win international diplomatic support.
AdvertisementHowever, after Russia Will begin its large -scale invasion on Ukraine By 2022, most of this claim was scattered. Later, when Brigosin was running Wagner mercenaries in a rebellion in Ukraine a year later, he died in a plane crash, which many international observers were responsible for Kremlin, s, sAbanadze says that Russia has eliminated little autonomy Those private military companies were in Sahele.
Although there were samples of general pain for the death of Brigojin in some Sahelian communities, It has never been translated into a wider question Relationships with Moscow.
Moscow’s fame, is undeniable
Yamp is widely estimated Kremlin puppet It acted as Russia’s “independent observer” during the wrong elections in Ukraine’s occupied areas in 2022. However, he and others like Franklin Niamsi are supporters in Kremlin, They have used the feelings effectively AnteurophosisIncrease the Moscow agenda, which includes the control of profitable natural resources in many mines worth billions.
Besides, Seagal explains that this fits a wide story “Russia has many partners and allies and has the influence of losing Europe and Europe and the West”, only two factors have increased A large -scale invasion of Ukraine Russia and subsequent consequences.
AdvertisementSabanatze declared ‘EuroNius’ and comes from an ancient satellite state of the Soviet Union, “One of my main works is to somehow believe in Europeans that we know how to deal with Russia.” However, Sabanatze, who is now a senior member of Sadam House, is a ‘Think Tank’ center Russian universal influenceRemember the ideas he received from some people in Brussels and he considers it as a symbol Europe’s arrogance regarding threats Russians
“They said: ‘You are paranoia. You have your historic background. You can’t win it. ” Moscow is not only out of the French forces From the European Union there, but he established themselves.
“Russians are very popular in many of these places. They are not considered a terrible mercenary for the exploitation of resources, killing people and participating in the horrific massacre.” Both Seyi and Digrai suspect Moscow’s faith.
“I think this is more about a transaction,” Seagal said. “Russian forces do not fight against JihadisBut to protect the rule and many mining farms. “Sabanatze agreed.” They like Where the functions are cheap They are particularly beneficial, “he added.
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However, the signs of dissatisfaction with the Russians have already been seen. At the beginning of April, they exploded Anti -Russian demonstrations In the neighboring Central African Republic of Africa, it was besieged that the “example” of Moscow’s influence in Africa is, which, which, which is described, Due to thousands of Russian soldiers They are.
Russian losses in their current war in Ukraine and The fall of his partner Bashar al-Assad’s fall In Syria, they are trying to expand their universal limit in contradiction to Moscow, and they have also given potentially vulnerable Allow Europe to enter the competition. However, both Seagal and Digrapey warned against a short -term approach, which would lead to the same regimes that went to Kremlin in search of help.
“Of course, it has a particular attraction in the short term,” Segi admits. “It is better to have joints than jihadists In power, but in these countries does not address the basic evidence of instability. “That is, lack of financial stability and support civil society groups.” We will never solve the basic problem, ”he admits Digrai, which asks for the low intervention of all sides.
“There is no need to come and dominate. If they manage us self, we can choose the leaders and punish them when needed. There is the instruction. “When the interview ended and the connection failed again, he reflected Digirai for his decades, and how the people around him and his surrounding people changed?
Advertisement“For more than 50 years, ‘if we have weapons, we submit to the population. We are entering the villages, we are killing’. Despite this, he maintains confidence. “We will not continue to use the language of weapons indefinitely“He shouted.” We need to add value. We will continue to fight, support our people, and we will come up, because we cannot replace one settleer with another. “
