Russians in the Central African Republic. Photo:Anadolu
The World Daily | News Desk MAY 28th 2021
The work of Russian propaganda praising the mission of "Russian war instructors" in the Central African Republic was viewed by over 10,000 people at the stadium in Bangui, CNN reported. They are mercenaries from the so-called Wagner group, linked to an oligarch called "Putin's cook".
The movie "The Tourist" opens with a flashback scene in which Russian mercenaries are heavily attacked by a group of Central African rebels. The rebels are depicted as a band of bandits emerging from the bush on motorbikes to shoot the local population and plunder police stations. In contrast, the Russians are shown as defenders of the country, outnumbered and fighting bravely against all odds.
After the classic war movie opening, the rebels seem to be winning: the film's protagonist, known only under the pseudonym "The Tourist", lies on the ground, giving the impression of being badly wounded. The action then spans a few days, giving viewers a picture of the actions of the Russians in the CAR, fending off rebel attacks with their local military partners, and thwarting their plan to storm Bangui and return former president Francois Bozize to power.
In the film glorifying the mission of the so-called military instructors in the Central African Republic (CAR), however, there is much more than loud blasts, big guns and beautiful shots of the African jungle. "In a very neat way, this film shows how the various strands of Russian influence on the African continent came together in a somewhat bizarre way," comments CNN in Friday's publication entitled "Russian Wagner mercenaries' African exploits immortalized on big screen." In the film, we also see soldiers arriving in the Russian Il-76 plane at the airport in Bangui, and we learn that the "instructors" have been changed many times in the country and abroad.
