Their deployment to African countries aims to "enable Russia to... regain this sphere of influence" that fell away with the collapse of the Soviet Union, said CSIS researcher Catrina Doxsee.
Koherezwa kwabo mu bihugu bya Afurika bigamije "gutuma Uburusiya buzahuka... kugira ngo buzahure ubukungu  bwagizweho ingaruka no gusenyuka kw'Abasoviyeti, nk'uko byatangajwe n'umushakashatsi wa CSIS, Catrina Doxsee.