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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Russia → Central African Republic

This score represents Russia's relationship toward Central African Republic. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

RUS → CAF+19Cooperative85% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
CAF → RUS+19CooperativeSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Security+30

1 documented factor produce the +30 security assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +30Russian security support becomes operationally significant
    Active event · 2021

    Russian instructors and military support became a material part of the Central African government's security relationship.

Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish an additional frozen bilateral security rule or collective-defence obligation.

Diplomacy+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Russian security support becomes operationally significant
    Active event · 2021

    Russian instructors and military support became a material part of the Central African government's security relationship.

Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish an additional baseline diplomatic institution meeting a frozen threshold.

Economic0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade was below the frozen threshold or unavailable, and no additional qualifying economic institution was evidenced.

Alignment+25

2 documented factors produce the +25 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Russian security support becomes operationally significant
    Active event · 2021

    Russian instructors and military support became a material part of the Central African government's security relationship.

  2. +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculation
    Annual recalculation · 2026

    The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.

Disputes+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Managed non-territorial bilateral order
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official record supports the frozen managed non-territorial bilateral order criterion for Russia and Central African Republic in the 2015 baseline.

Societal0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+2 in 2015 → +19 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

DIRECTIONALITY

0 points

Russia → Central African Republic and Central African Republic → Russia remain independent assessments.

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ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+14

Russian security support becomes operationally significant

Russian instructors and military support became a material part of the Central African government's security relationship.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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