Ryan Hite<p>Russia’s empire-building in Africa is real.<br>While fighting in Ukraine, it’s deployed troops, propped up regimes, and secured gold & oil deals across the continent.<br>🧵 Full story: <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/04/01/the-shadow-game-how-russia-is-redrawing-the-map-of-influence-in-africa/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/04/01/the-s</span><span class="invisible">hadow-game-how-russia-is-redrawing-the-map-of-influence-in-africa/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussiaInAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WagnerGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WagnerGroup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a></p>
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Ryan Hite<p>While the world watches Ukraine, Russia is quietly building a military empire in Libya.</p><p>New air bases. Naval ambitions. Oil access.<br>A 🧵 on why Libya might be Putin’s biggest move yet:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussiaInAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/03/26/the-libyan-gambit-how-russia-is-building-its-next-global-power-base/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/03/26/the-l</span><span class="invisible">ibyan-gambit-how-russia-is-building-its-next-global-power-base/</span></a></p>
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