Russia’s African coup strategy - Microsoft On the Issues
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Today we are sharing a report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Russian influence operations in Africa, principally focused on the Niger coup. We believe it is vital there is wider understanding of the ways in which the internet is being used to stoke political instability around the world. Recent weeks have seen...
  • freagle
    74·
    10 months ago

    You think Russia is toppling African countries for its own gains? It’s far more likely that it’s providing material support for anti-imperialist and decolonial movements in order to open up more fronts that the North Atlantic has to deal with.

      • freagle
        44·
        10 months ago

        You think Russia’s national self-interest isn’t served by anti-imperialist movements bogging down the North Atlantic?

        • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
          32·
          10 months ago

          Not directly, the way they are by inspiring coups in Africa. This isn’t Sankara, man. Russia is an empire engaging in recanchism. It’s asinine to think of them as an ally in anything anti authoritarian

          • freagle
            35·
            10 months ago

            You think a coup is anti-authoritarianism? A military coup? Are you daft? It’s an absolutely authoritarian response to centuries of authoritarian dominance. Russia is fighting the imperialist bloc, African nations are fighting the imperialist bloc. They are allies in the fight against imperialism, not against authoritarianism. Only liberals in the West analyze things along “authoritarian” lines.