Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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South Africa’s support underscores Moscow’s propaganda success
Pretoria’s shifting position reveals Kremlin’s success in stoking doubt about responsibility for Ukraine war
https://www.ft.com/content/2b7ee…
South Africa’s foreign minister was all smiles this week as she hosted Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Naledi Pandor said her government, nominally neutral in the conflict, was now less inclined to criticise Moscow due to the west’s supply of battle tanks to Kyiv. A repeat of the call South Africa made early in the war for a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine would be “simplistic and infantile, given the massive transfer of arms that’s occurred” since, she said at a briefing, with Lavrov beaming on.
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- "Her comments are a warning to Kyiv’s allies that, almost a year into the full-scale invasion, Moscow is far from isolated in the court of global opinion...Khurram
- Pretoria’s warm relations with Moscow will be highlighted next month when it conducts naval exercises with Russia and China. Symbolically, the drills will...Khurram
- take place during the first anniversary of the invasion on February 24..."Khurram
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