GEOPOLITICS OP-ED: By their friends shall ye know them — South Africa and Russia - Daily Maverick
6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Greg Mills
by Greg Mills
South Africa’s friendship with Russia bodes badly for a future driven by long-term Western-sourced investments, and more towards one defined by a party-state developmental model, favouring party security and privilege over the national interest — or at least …
On 10 June, the Estonian foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to protest about remarks made by President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin comparing himself to the 18th-century Russian tsar Pe… [+13987 chars]
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