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  2022-12-16

  Wagner Group extorting Africa's 'blood diamonds' to fund operations

  The Russian mercenaries are plundering the resource-rich Central African Republic as well as terrorising its population.

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  Security

  2022-12-15

  Swarms of drones above Ukraine herald expanded Russia-Iran military partnership

  Officials expect Iranian support for the Russian military to grow in coming months, with some observers saying the sale of ballistic missiles is next.

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  Security

  2022-12-15

  Kremlin scrapes bottom of the barrel as missile stocks run low

  Russia seeks to replenish its missile stockpiles by resurrecting old Soviet missiles that were previously decommissioned or discarded.

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  Security

  2022-12-07

  Wagner Group recruiting murderers, rapists from African prisons to fight in Ukraine

  Colossal losses of manpower in Ukraine are pushing Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries to look for new cannon fodder -- this time from prisons in the Central African Republic (CAR).

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  Security

  2022-12-05

  CSTO set to 'shut down' as members view Russia as real threat to sovereignty

  The recent summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a military bloc co-ordinated by Russia, laid bare growing disillusionment among its members, particularly Armenia.

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  2022-12-01

  US donates military vehicles to Uzbekistan as observers call for more co-operation

  Military analysts in Uzbekistan hope that the United States will further support their country and help it bolster its defence capability.

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  2022-11-30

  Russian propagandists threaten to make Kazakhstan the next Ukraine

  Russia is spewing new, aggressive rhetoric against Kazakhstan that includes threats of invasion.

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  Security

  2022-11-24

  'Double occupation': Russian troops, dependent junta in Belarus

  President Alyaksandr Lukashenka essentially has ceded control of Belarus to the Kremlin, say experts.

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  Security

  2022-11-24

  With mounting losses, Russia recruits former Afghan forces to fight in Ukraine

  Recruiters are targeting former Afghan security forces living in Afghanistan and Iran, and leveraging desperate economic situations to convince the soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

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  2022-11-23

  Expulsion of Russian spies in Europe deals strategic blow to Kremlin intelligence

  Even as European authorities drive out Russian spies from their nations -- more than 600 Russian officials this year -- the primary front against Russian intelligence is still in Ukraine.