Befürchtungen Russland könnte Migranten mit Einfluss auf Libyen „bewaffnen“

European Union states are concerned Russia’s growing influence in Libya will allow President Putin to “switch mass migration on and off” as a geopolitical weapon against the continent, Poland’s foreign minister has said.

Intelligence suggests that since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria last December, Russia has shifted focus to Libya by strengthening its ties with Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who controls large parts in the east of the divided country.

Putin is thought to be eyeing Tobruk in eastern Libya as a potential military base amid uncertainty over whether Russia can maintain its key naval facility at Syria’s Mediterranean port of Tartus