If recent reports of a planned platinum-for-arms deal between Russian State corporation Russian Technologies and Zimbabwe are true, then it may be another attempt at securing off-budget financing for the Zimbabwe military, says international nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Global Witness senior campaigner Nick Donovan. This further raises fears of a parallel government in Zimbabwe, with Global Witness reporting in July that Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) appeared to have received off-budget financing from a Hong Kong-based businessperson, as the CIO and other security agencies allegedly continue to prepare to influence the national elections, which are due to take place in 2013.
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