Russia is deploying US-style ‘digital attachés’ – and it too will prioritise South Africa

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Russia is deploying US-style ‘digital attachés’ – and it too will prioritise South Africa
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South Africa will be one of the countries where American and Russian digital promoters are stationed head-to-head.

Business Insider SARussia just announced it will be deploying"digital attachés" to 16 countries this year – including to South Africa.

The USA also has a relatively small set of digital attachés, and also prioritised South Africa when it deployed them.But America was somewhat blunter about its intentions, which included defending its interests.South Africa should have a Russian"digital attaché" stationed in South Africa before the end of 2022, making it one of a handful of countries where Russia and the USA will go head-to-head in promoting their software and online interests.

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