Russia roasts West over Mali, Afghanistan pullout
10 October 2021 |
1:52 pm
At the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hit out at France for opposing the deployment of Russian mercenaries in Mali, and slammed the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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