Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on a visit to Sudan, said that the West's efforts to convince developing countries to isolate Russia are a sign that it does not believe in democracy. Lavrov is on an African tour seeking to expand Moscow's influence
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference following talks with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Bamako, Mali, February 7, 2023. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERSReuters could not immediately establish whether the base was on Lavrov's agenda during his Khartoum visit.
Western diplomats and official sources have said that Russia's Wagner Group private military contractor has worked in Sudan to expand gold mining, among other activities., which is owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Dagalo, head of the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and better known as Hemedti, visited Russia the day before its Feb. 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine and expressed openness to hosting a Russian base.
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