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Russia has delivered its latest weapons batch to the mineral-rich and violence-racked Central African Republic, Moscow\u2019s ambassador in Bangui\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0state media Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The shipment of 5,000 pieces of small arms is the third delivery in as many years. Moscow donated hundreds of weapons in 2019 and airlifted 10 BRDM-2 armored personnel vehicles as a gift last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia has supplied the CAR with a third batch of weapons free of charge,\u201d the state-run RIA Novosti news agency quoted Russia\u2019s Ambassador in the CAR Vladimir Titorenko as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, pistols, RPGs, hand grenades and ammunition,\u201d Titorenko said.<\/p>\n

RIA Novosti\u2019s partner news agency Sputnik\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that the handover ceremony took place at the Bangui airport and was attended by the CAR’s president and defense minister.<\/p>\n

Russia has since 2018 openly supported President Faustin Archange Touadera\u2019s regime, which according to AFP controls one-third of the country.<\/p>\n

Though the UN Security Council cleared Russia to send arms to the CAR in 2017, Titorenko said small arms shipments do not require clearance but prior notification.<\/p>\n

Russian paramilitaries from the shadowy private military contractor Wagner Group operate in the CAR under a bilateral defense accord with an official status to train its army.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of other Russian paramilitaries joined the Wagner Group last December, playing a key role in putting down a rebel advance on Bangui ahead of presidential elections.<\/p>\n

UN experts sounded the alarm about allegations of Russian forces committing major rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, torture and sexual violence in the CAR between December-April. Touadera\u2019s spokesman earlier this month promised to investigate the claims.<\/p>\n

Russia has stepped up its military support, nuclear energy and other services in exchange for mining rights in Africa amid President Vladimir Putin\u2019s push to revive Soviet-era influence on the continent.<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia has delivered its latest weapons batch to the mineral-rich and violence-racked Central African Republic, Moscow\u2019s ambassador in Bangui\u00a0told\u00a0state media Monday. The shipment of 5,000 pieces of small arms is the third delivery in as many years. Moscow donated hundreds of weapons in 2019 and airlifted 10 BRDM-2 armored personnel vehicles as a gift last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-foreign-affairs-en"},"yoast_head":"\nRussia Delivers Weapons to C. 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