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[-] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago

I'm kind of amazed they have troops for their little international excursions to Africa.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

AfaIk, the mercenaries are sent there for making money, i.e. the russian federation is payed for their presence by the Mali government, that's why they were also targeted by Ukrainian special forces.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 6 hours ago

They are often paid by just being given gold mines or diamond mines

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 14 hours ago

Empires exhibit the symptoms of their collapse at the periphery first.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 15 points 14 hours ago

Russia's getting bombed pretty regularly deep in its heartland these days, and there's no gasoline anywhere. It's a bit more than just the fringes now.

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