Following the putsch in Burkina Faso, many Russian flags were seen in anti-France demonstrations. This support displayed for Russia is the result of a powerful influence enterprise, which does not hesitate to use conspiracy theories.
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On the floor of a building in the large market of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, the scene of a putsch, the tailor Alassane lived busy days, during which he told journalists from Agence France Presse that he had “sewn only Russian flags”, have become very popular. Why such a craze for the colors of Moscow? They testify to a powerful enterprise of influence, installed partly via propaganda and sometimes via conspiracy theories.
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In this new episode of “Complorama”, Rudy Reichstadt and Tristan Mendès France analyze this informational influence with the help of Kevin Limonier, lecturer in geography and Slavic studies at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University).
Russian conspiracy propaganda on the African continent is the 35th episode of Complorama with Rudy Reichstadt, director of Conspiracy Watch, and Tristan Mendès France, lecturer and member of the observatory of conspiracy, specialist in digital cultures. A podcast to be found on the franceinfo site, the Radio France application and several other platforms such as apple podcasts, Podcast Addict, Spotify, or Deezer.