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Chad Asks US to Withdraw Troops From Key Outpost Ahead of Election (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

So swapping US for Russia?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Kinda. Nigeria is doing the same. Apparently they're easier to work with.

Makes sense; Russia's foreign interests have mostly remained aligned with the Global South against the US even after capitalists overthrew the USSR.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Niger, not Nigeria. Unless there's another story that o have missed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The key is that Russia doesn't really care about ideology in the way that the West does. It's less of an attempt to align ideologies, more an attempt to gain allies directly.