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- To Russia, the Ukraine war and the "gray zone" fights beyond it are two sides of the same coin.
- The Kremlin believes that destabilizing Africa would ease Russia's campaign in Ukraine.
- The KGB's successors, however, have had a less-than-stellar record.
Even as Russian bombs pound Ukraine, Moscow's mercenaries and spies are busy trying to set much of the rest of the world afire.