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Russia sends 600 instructors to the CAR

Russia sends 600 instructors to the CAR

RUSSIA recently sent a group of 600 military instructors to the Central African Republic to train the army, police, and national gendarmerie, Russia's foreign ministry said has announced. Moscow is in the spotlight after a United Nations report, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, said Russian military instructors and local troops had targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting. The Kremlin has said it is a lie that Russian instructors had taken part in killings or robberies. Russia notified the United Nations Security Council of the deployment of the 600 instructors, Russia's foreign ministry told…
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Russians accused of CAR abuses

Russians accused of CAR abuses

MICHELLE NICHOLS RUSSIAN military instructors and Central African Republic (CAR) troops targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters. The sanctions experts report to the U.N. Security Council also accuses groups linked to the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) rebels of forced recruitment of children, attacks on peacekeepers, sexual violence and the looting of aid groups. Russia and France, which has some 300 troops in the African nation, have been competing for influence in the gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million. Russia sent hundreds…
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