The International Crisis Group (ICG) posted on 28 June 2024 a 37-minute podcast titled "Russia's Expansion in Africa" with Tatiana Smirnova, University of Sherbrooke in Montreal, and Maxime Audinet, French Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School (IRSEM).
The discussion focuses on the Wagner Group, which remains one of the main tools for military cooperation between Moscow and African countries, especially francophone nations in the Sahel region. The two guests also discuss the information campaigns that the Kremlin is conducting to gain influence and discredit the West.
