Prigozhin, Yevgeny V
‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
AL-IBEDIYYA, Sudan — In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a mysterious foreign operator dominates the business. Locals call it “The Russian Company” — a tightly guarded plant with shining towers, deep in the desert, that processes mounds of dusty ore into bars of […]
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In Mali, a Massacre With a Russian Footprint
BAMAKO, Mali — On the last Sunday in March before Ramadan, thousands of merchants and villagers filled the market of Moura, in central Mali, trading cattle in a vast pen and stocking up on spices and vegetables in the town’s sandy alleys. Suddenly, five low-flying helicopters thrummed overhead, some firing weapons and drawing gunfire in […]
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