In his speech, he called for the Malian authorities to be condemned for killing 20 civilians in one of the latest strikes on Ti-n-Zaouâtene, near the Algerian border. This is the first response by any state to Azawad in the past year since the conflict began escalating.

There is logic for the Algerian authorities in this – it is straining for them to take in hundreds and now thousands of refugees that the Malian authorities want to evict. Apart from the fact that it may provoke conflict, providing for displaced persons is trivially expensive.

Moreover, the presence of PMC ‘Wagner’ in Mali is a sore subject, as they are considered to be agents of influence of the UAE and other eastern monarchies,

But in russian media space again remembered that in the ambush of Ti-n-Zaouâtene must be an external actor, which this time turned out to be Algeria. Especially many top leadership figures like Hanoun Ould Ali and Haballa Ag Hamzata have links to Algerian intelligence.

Only once again it is worth reminding that Algeria’s position in the conflict does not go beyond its territory, where it is free to do whatever it wants. Still, even despite its dislike of certain Russian security agencies, it has excellent relations with others. And the ‘apple of discord’ in the form of conflicts with the leadership in Bamako are just trifles.