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Russia’s Religious Offensive in Africa

By Antonio Graceffo February 16, 2024World

By Antonio Graceffo Vladimir Putin is strategically weaponizing the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s drive to expand its sphere of influence in Africa. The Kremlin’s message of promoting traditional Christianity,…

Russia’s role in the Sudan conflict

By Antonio Graceffo October 26, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin of the infamous Wagner mercenary group also owns a U.S.-sanctioned company called Meroe Gold. This company extracts gold from Sudan, supporting Russian President Vladimir…

Wagner Group: Putin’s attack dogs

By Antonio Graceffo October 14, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo “I think this is a tool for realizing national interests without the direct participation of the state,” is how on Nov. 4, 2012 Vladimir Putin described the deployment of…

Russia’s Wagner Group is a new terrorist organization

By Antonio Graceffo August 22, 2023Blog

By Antonio Graceffo Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Zelensky called for foreign volunteers to join the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine. Last Spring, Ukrainian officials…

Russia’s Support for Terrorism: A Carry-Over of Soviet Policy

By Antonio Graceffo August 22, 2023Russia

By Antonio Graceffo During the Cold War, the Kremlin was a supporter of foreign terrorism, in order to destabilize enemy governments or to further Moscow’s policy objectives. The same strategy…