The Kremlin's Campaign in Africa
August 23, 2019 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Vladimir%20Putin%20-%20Public%20Domain.jpg?itok=tplY1kxP)
Russia has been building its campaign to expand its influence across the African continent ahead of the inaugural Africa-Russia Summit in October 2019. The campaign provides insight into the Kremlin’s potential points of vulnerability and the risk of blowback from failed influence operations.