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The Russians are continuing to make the first move in Africa, and the U.S. is continuing to play catch-up," said Samuel Ramani, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based defense and security think tank. "It's really unclear how Russia will really be able to expand its influence in the long term," he added. "But in the short term, they're creating good will for themselves."