“This will be a setback for #Russia more broadly...The Russians negotiating themselves out of #Kidal, leaving their Malian counterparts behind, doesn’t give a good impression"
I'm interviewed in @bloomberg.com about latest events in #Mali
#Sahel
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...?
Insurgents recaptured a Malian town that had become a symbol of Russia’s promise to deliver security where Western forces had failed.