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‘Many people in the country seem happy to accept mercenaries in exchange for stability.’ James Pogue on the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.

Bangui, Central African Republic (CNN) — On his final trip to the Central African Republic (CAR) last month, the former Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin visited la Maison Russe, or the

As the Kremlin tries to get its arms around the Russian mercenary group’s empire in the CAR, the message is: it’s business as usual.

As the Kremlin tries to get its arms around the Russian mercenary group’s empire in the CAR, the message is: it’s business as usual.

Tunis and Moscow have been increasingly close — at the cost of relations with the West, which had once looked to Tunisia as a model of democracy. The two countries are brought together by Kremlin's efforts to woo African countries, but also a natural alliance of its strongman Presidents Putin and Saïed.