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- Rossotrudnichestvo, led by Igor Chaika, announced eleven Russian Houses in Africa, Armenia and Thailand.
- The network will grow from 25 to 36 centres across 22 countries.
- Eight African sites are Kenya, DRC, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and São Tomé and Príncipe.
- EU security chief M-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann warned the houses could enable espionage and hybrid attacks.
- Russia’s African Corps, successor to Wagner, now supports military governments in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.