Defense Minister Hanena Ould Sidi meets with the Russian military attaché in Mauritania.

Amid escalating tensions in the region and the Russian Federation's support for the Malian army, represented by the Wagner Group, the Minister of Defense, Retirees' Affairs and Martyrs' Children, Mr. Hanen Ould Sidi, received in his office on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Colonel Vladimir Tsukanov, the Military Attaché at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Algeria, in his capacity as the accredited military attaché of the Russian Federation to …