Russia has learned from Iran—using proxy actors, unbeholden to any higher power, to carry out nefarious activities while claiming plausible deniability. Our US-Libya strategy must address Russia’s use of mercenaries to achieve their malicious foreign policy goals.

Russia has learned from Iran—using proxy actors, unbeholden to any higher power, to carry out nefarious activities while claiming plausible deniability. Our US-Libya strategy must address Russia’s use of mercenaries to achieve their malicious foreign policy goals. pic.twitter.com/DZkImLiX5p

— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) February 12, 2020