Following the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin Russia's Ministry of Defence and the GRU military intelligence directorate took on the task of integrating much of Wagner's organisation into their new Africa Corps formation (AC Vol 65 No 18 Vladimir Putin's Kremlin builds on Wagner's propaganda legacy)...

Lavrov praised Congo-K's support for Russia-Africa cooperation and highlighted the positive impact of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi at the inaugural 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi...

The Council for Social Conservative Policy founded in 2005 by the Chair of the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party (under President Vladimir Putin)...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden re-elected European Union President Ursula von der Leyen India's Narendra Modi and Russia's Vladimir Putin aren't due to attend...

Formerly contracted to Bangui as the Wagner Group (under the control of Yevgeny Prigozhin until his spectacular fall-out with Russia's President Vladimir Putin) the Russian fighters now come under the command of the defence ministry in Moscow...

Yet his political style seems to owe more and more to that of Russia's President Vladimir Putin...

Hosting last week's BRICS summit in Kazan was a welcome break from two years of international isolation for President Vladimir Putin and a golden opportunity to increase Russia's influence in the rapidly expanding bloc...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's simultaneous hosting of BRICS counterparts in Kazan was widely raised in Washington (Dispatches 22/10/24 Grain and credit ratings at the heart of Putin's plan)...

Beijing's China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) which recently resumed operations at the small Azelik mine has been approached on Imouraren as well as the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom but CNNC says it does not have the technical expertise and would prefer to exploit it jointly with Orano (Vol 65 No 18 Vladimir Putin's Kremlin builds on Wagner's propaganda legacy)...

Junta leader Capitain Ibrahim Traoré a fierce loyalist to Russia's President Vladimir Putin brought in Russian forces to counter the insurgents but now faces multiple threats to his rule...

It follows his charge made to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an international trade fair in St Petersburg in June that President Hakainde Hichilema in neighbouring Zambia was conspiring with ‘western powers' to overthrow the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government (Dispatches 11/6/24 Praising Moscow Mnangagwa accuses US of backing Zambia's military)...

President Vladimir Putin meanwhile is planning an Africa tour over the coming weeks that would take in Mali Burkina Faso and Port Sudan we hear...