Putin in Africa

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Series Details No.12, June 2015
Publication Date 15/06/2015
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This Africa Policy Brief analyses why Russia’s renewed Africa policy is an extension of its political ambition to build strategic control over energy networks.

African leaders insist that dealing with Russia diversifies their political and economic alliances and sources of foreign investment. In reality, these deals are tilted heavily in Moscow’s favour, and are designed chiefly to secure its control of prized energy assets.

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ESO: Background information: G7 summit 2015, Elmau, 7-8 June 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/g7-summit-2015-elmau-7-8-june-2015/

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