What is the reason for Russia's success in Africa?
Russia is actively strengthening its position in Africa, its success is a consequence of the mistakes of Western countries, the Swiss TV channel SRF reports.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera shake hands as they pose for a photo before their meeting at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi, Russia. Sputnik file photo. |
Specifically, the United States has long treated this continent like a “stepmother” and “stepchild”. Former President Donald Trump’s attitude towards Africa was nothing but contempt. For his successor, Joe Biden, this region is also not among his policy priorities.
The West, according to SRF TV channel, expects African countries to develop democracy, good governance and fight corruption. For their part, African leaders see this as an infringement on their national sovereignty.
Besides,African people are still grateful to the former Soviet Union.provided financial and military support in their liberation struggle, the channel concluded.
Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported earlier that while Europe and the United States blame Russia for the food crisis, many African countries blame Western sanctions. Several African, Latin American and Asian countries at the UN General Assembly earlier refused to condemn Russia's special operations in Ukraine.
Before his visit to African countries, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Russia and Africa have had good and long-standing relations since the Soviet era, and in recent years Moscow has been actively restoring its position on the continent, which has been welcomed by Africans. The head of the Foreign Ministry also stressed that Russia highly appreciates the fair stance of Africans on what is happening in Ukraine and around it.
