The fact is........ Russia isn’t and will not be
Trivial action in Africa is the pinnacle of Russian efforts abroad. In the overall scheme of things Black Niger doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.
Russia can’t replace France
Russia has already removed France. France is in the process of committing suicide anyway. South Africa is a charter member of Bricks. Egypt has applied. There are six other African nations who want to apply. Did you pay attention to the Russia Africa Summit? Who will provide a guaranteed source of cheap, abundant energy and food for a developing Africa, France?!? For developing nations the future is BRICS+ not the woke, bug eating, green globalist Western imperialists.