Burkina Faso in turn in the crosshairs of Russian communication?
Russian businessman Evgueni Prigojine, reputed to be close to Vladimir Putin, is suspected of being behind the paramilitary group Wagner.
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Russian businessman Evgueni Prigojine, reputed to be close to Vladimir Putin, and suspected of being linked to the opaque paramilitary group Wagner, hailed the putsch in Burkina Faso on Tuesday as the sign of a "
new era of decolonization
" in Africa.
He is not the only one.
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With our correspondent in Moscow,
Anissa el Jabri
After Mali
, it is Burkina Faso's turn to be in the crosshairs of Russian communication.
It is the return of a now well-honed element of language on the theme of a West with postcolonial behavior in a commentary published on social networks by his company, Concord.
Evgueni Prigojine
evokes "
so-called coups d'etat due to the fact that the West tries to govern the States
" and that "
sometimes while clearly mocking them
".
Under these conditions, still according to the businessman suspected of being behind the Wagner group, “
it is not surprising that many African states are seeking to free themselves
”.
So much for the political framework.
"
Sharing the experience
" of Russian "
instructors
" in the Central African Republic
For direct service offers, it came from another Russian figure, Alexander Ivanov, known to him to be one of the representatives of Russian "instructors" in the Central African Republic.
He also published a press release on the coup and above all said he was ready to “
share the experience
” of Russian “
instructors
” in the Central African Republic for the training of the army of Burkina Faso.
►Also read: Russia: Wagner, the private armed wing of Moscow
The Russian authorities, on the other hand, remain officially on a cautious line.
On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs simply said it was "
concerned by the considerable complication of the internal political situation
" in Burkina Faso.
►Also read:
Burkina: Kaboré's party calls for his release and the return to constitutional order
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