... 2022, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was embarking on a new tour of Africa. During the week, the high-ranking Russian delegation paid a visit to several countries on the continent: South Africa being the traditional “mainstay” of Russia’s foreign policy in Africa, the continent’s smallest kingdom of Eswatini, the Russia-friendly Portuguese-speaking Angola, and the little-known Eritrea, which was once even under Russian
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... office of the president of the party and the country. Back then, crowds numbering in thousands looted and burned down thousands of stores and warehouses, including the huge warehouses in the port of Durban; they houses commodities for the entire country. South Africa’s economy lost billions, and over 400 people died. A replay of these events amid unemployment and poverty already exacerbated by the pandemic cannot be ruled out.
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Norilsk Nickel
,
Evraz Group
,
Renaissance Capital
and
Severstal
are all currently operating in South Africa and there are several South African firms present in Russia.
Our South African partners are eager to obtain more Russian investment in the RSA economy and create more joint ventures, while the South African establishment is ready to assist Russian businesses. In 2006, the
Russia-RSA Business Council
was set up to bring together entrepreneurs of the two countries and assist them in identifying partners interested in joint projects, contacting ...
