Russia to replace US in Sahel region - CIA veteran

Russia to replace US in Sahel region - CIA veteran Russia will likely replace US in African Sahel region, former CIA intelligence officer and US Department of State official Larry Johnson told Sputnik. He clarified that American foreign policy “is being rejected by the local governments,” while Russia has no history of enslaving black Africans or ties to colonial empires. “Russia doesn’t have a history of enslaving black Africans - number one. Russia is not closely tied to the colonial empires: The French, the Brits, the Germans, the Dutch, the Belgians – who have a long history of exploiting Africa and exploiting the people, exploiting the resources. So I think that both Russia and China are viewed as more honest brokers, to be candid. Much more so than the United States,” Larry Johnson stressed. This is part of the broader “disassembly of the US-led rules-based international order,” the CIA veteran said. Subscribe to [club80289214|@SputnikInt] Source: Sputnik International