The Kremlin’s financial monitoring unit, Rosfinmonitoring, confirmed in a statement provided by email that Russia applied to join the ESAAMLG as an observer.
Russia is lobbying nations in eastern and southern Africa in an attempt to join a regional anti-money laundering group as an observer.
Russia has made inroads on the continent in recent years in part through the Wagner Group, which deployed mercenaries to about half a dozen countries and helped revive Cold War-era ties. The Kremlin has signaled that it will take a more active role in those relationships after the death last month of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Regional bodies such as the ESAAMLG subscribe to global standards on combating dirty money set by the Paris-based FATF. “This matter was suspended from the agenda because there are procedures to be followed, first in the application and second to bring in the agenda,” Kenya Treasury Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u told Bloomberg in a text message. “It was not discussed.”
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