🇳🇪 Niger tailor demand for Russian flags 🇷🇺 President Bazoum

🇳🇪 Niger's tailors rush to make 🇷🇺 Russian flags after coup

📣"Since the coup I have made dozens of these," said Oumarou, who works in capital Niamey.

📣“I'm a fan of the Russian flag, which is why I've come today to buy fabrics for the tailor to make me a flag," said Niamey, another resident Okacha Abdoul-Aziz.

The flags have been in demand since President Mohamed Bazoum was toppled late last month in a military takeover, leading to some Russian support among crowds that celebrated the coup.

It echoes similar outpourings of pro-Russian sentiments after recent military takeovers in other West African countries, worrying Western powers who see their influence slipping in some old regional allies.