(10 October 2022)

Although fairly small in number, it has prompted speculation that there may have been some Russian involvement in the events that saw Captain Ibrahim Traoré seize power in a nation beset by growing jihadist violence. (…)

Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser, has been more forthright in his observations: „Our people helped the new leader [of Burkina Faso].

„Another African country will move from co-operation with France to an alliance with Russia.“