By Mikhail Zubov
Vladimir Putin appeared in the media with an article "Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future". It was published on Monday in the print media of eighteen states of the black continent, including such influential ones as Algeria, Egypt, Camero...
By Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
A bit over half a century ago, the United States under the Nixon administration sent its then-State Secretary Henry Kissinger to China in order to exploit the infamous Sino-Soviet split that nearly escalated into a full-blown war betwe...
By Vladimir Putin
On July 27–28, St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. Ahead of the summit, Russia's president penned an article outlining his vision on the prospects for cooperation between Russia and the African continent.
On...
By Richard Santos
In response to the Valdai Club report “Russia and Africa: An Audit of Relations” released in the run-up to the Club’s African Conference, Ricardo Santos from Mozambique discusses shortcomings in the interaction between Russia and the African countries and identifies ways to overc...
By Rhod Mackenzie
As Turkey intends to turn itself into a gas hub with the support of Russia, then Morocco invites Russia to join the project of creating a coal hub on its territory. In general, Africans want more business from Russia
“The volume of trade between Russia and Morocco is close to $...
By Oleg Barabanov
We see a real increase in global competition for Africa, a kind of ‘race of billions’ in cooperation programmes with it. This, by the way, gives the African countries themselves the opportunity to choose, writes Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.
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