Russia’s uneven relationship with the Maghreb
Last weekend, after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base
Libya's eastern administration said on Thursday it has lifted the oil production and export blockade it ordered over a central bank rift. According to reporting by AFP, the Benghazi-based administration announced, in a Facebook post, "lifting the force majeure on all oil fields and resuming production and exports", days after the country appointed a new central bank governor under a UN-backed deal between Libya's two rival administrations.
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