🇷🇺🇨🇬 PUTIN PULLS CONGO INTO ORBIT AFRICA STRATEGY ACCELERATES WHILE WEST LOOKS AWAY
The meeting looks routine on the surface. It isn't. A freshly re-elected African leader flies to Moscow for a state visit. The handshake photos will be modest. The downstream consequences won't be.
The Republic of the Congo sits on massive hydrocarbon reserves. This isn't about diplomatic courtesy it's about locking in energy partnerships and military cooperation while Western attention is consumed by Ukraine and Iran .