Russia in Niger, the reasons for the settlement and control over the Sahel

Check mate. The Russian military officially settles in Niger and extends Moscow’s influence throughout the Sahel, completing a geopolitical corridor that connects the bases of Cyrenaica to the heart of Africa: the main migration route leading to the Mediterranean is now under control of the Kremlin.

The definitive separation from the European Union began with the coup last July, which deposed the president’s democratically elected government