South Sudan: unexpected independence

... southern states of Sudan, which lasted for fifty years. For Russia, the transformation of an officially united Sudan into two independent states came as a surprise. Despite that Russia has to formalize, structure and develop bilateral relations with South Sudan and to interact with it in certain areas taking into account the special character of the East African macroregion. A key problem in establishing such relationships is that the new government urgently needs to create economic and political framework to ensure true independence from its northern neighbor - the Republic of Sudan. The main pillar ...