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Russia trained the Mali leaders

ABUJA, Nigeria – The leaders of the coup that ousted Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spent most of the year training in Russia before returning to oust the democratically elected leader at gunpoint, according to sources in the Malian army. The rebels on Tuesday seized control of Mali’s largest military …

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Erdogan announces historic Turkish gas discovery in Black Sea

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey announced its largest ever natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic meter (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field, which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even larger reserves and could thus coming soon as 2023 streaming. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the …

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Putin bets on Lukashenko for holding power in Belarus for now: sources

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko is likely to remain in power despite protests against him and is content to let him fly, two sources close to the Kremlin said. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko take a break …

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