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The challenge for Western policymakers is to avoid viewing Russian activism in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa through an exclusively zero-sum lens. The region’s political disarray, complexities, and especially the unpredictability of local rulers all present built-in buffers to Russian influence—as they do to all external players.
Get inside libya. >> this doesn't only give them greater power in africa, but it gives them a foothold in the mediterranean on the southern edge of europe where they can potentially threaten u.s. interests and those of u.s. allies. so this is a big deal. >> reporter: russia's influence is moving fast. earlier this month, the u.s.-back leader based in western libya was in moscow meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> translator: our relations with russia are strong and deep rooted. we plan to intensify relations at all levels and in all areas, including the economy, politics, security,...