Росія розбудовує в Африці власну медіамережу - розвідка

10.11.2026, 07:43◉ 03 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

Росія розбудовує у країнах Африки власну медіамережу, заявляють у Головному управлінні розвідки Міністерства оборони України. — Укрінформ.

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Росія розбудовує в Африці власну медіамережу - розвідка

As Ukrinform reports with reference to GUR, "Russia is building its own media network in Africa: in addition to the usual "Russian houses" and " Rossotrudnichestvo ", the aggressor state opens editorial centers, agrees on broadcasting in local radio stations, launches digital platforms, and engages local journalists and bloggers. "

According to conversations about culture, language and "friendship of peoples", professional propagandists promote Kremlin narratives: anti-Western, anti-Ukrainian, and most importantly - justifiable against the criminal Russian aggression.

In addition, the Kremlin captures the radio airwaves in African countries in order to create a favorable information environment for Russian recruiters.

The content of this information expansion is not limited to news - Moscow promotes narratives about the fight against neocolonialism, confrontation with Western countries and alleged protection of the sovereignty of African states. In this way, Russia is trying to cement the image of a partner that allegedly offers an alternative to the Western world, while hiding its own imperial and colonial policies.

Details

Another tool for information intervention is the GlobUs digital platform. The report of the French public service VIGINUM exposes the activities of this Russian network of influence related to the former structures of the late founder of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin. It is headed by Russian political scientists Yulia Berg and Andrey Gromov, who organized information campaigns, in particular in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.

Context

The network has three telegram channels with a total audience of more than 75 thousand subscribers. Previously established by Gromov, the Vozrozhdenie Foundation disseminated Russian narratives about the war against Ukraine, organized trips of foreigners to temporarily occupied territories, and supported the production of propaganda films about Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The UN Commission documented cases where foreign recruits were sent to the front lines contrary to written guarantees that they would not take part in hostilities. In one such group of 30 men, 17 were killed, five were missing, and another returned after being injured. The researchers also recorded beatings, death threats, and the use of drones to prevent mercenaries from retreating.

What's next

The so-called Moscow recruiters continue to lure Africans with promises of work and earnings, and eventually send them to "meat assaults" in the war against Ukraine.

Russia's state news agency Sputnik is building a network of presence on the African continent. Its editorial centers operate in Johannesburg (South Africa) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Through local journalists and partner radio stations, the Kremlin plans to distribute content in multiple languages to an audience of nearly 300 million people.