[5] In 2014, The Central African Republic joined most of the world in voting in favor of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, which was in condemnation of the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

In March 2018, Russia agreed to provide free military aid to the Central African Republic, sending small arms, ammunition, and 175 instructors to train the Central African Armed Forces.

[7] It was Russia's largest military deployment to Africa since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[9] A former Russian intelligence official has been installed by the Central African president as his top security adviser.

[10] On November 14, 2022, the Central African Republic sided with the Russian Federation on a UN General Assembly vote calling for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine.