the republic is a member of the organization of strange oil exporters, opec, and ranks sixth in the export of crude oil among african. on the possibility of growth and acquisition of new competencies for our employees, this makes it possible for our company to position itself on the territory of the republic of the congo as a serious player and also provides an opportunity to attract, as services from representatives of the russian federation and some equipment. in addition, new projects will bring closer relations between the two countries, which have been actively developing over the past 15 years. russia supplies grain fertilizers to the congo. there is also interest from the african republic in such products as sunflower oil, jams, mayonnaise, ketchup, chocolate pasta, we will start from 18, and for several years in a row during that period, our goods turnover. revolved around the figure 28 30 million e dollars, which is not much, but in the nineteenth year there was a qualitative leap up to 100 million dollars at once, and in the twenty-first year, it amounted to 122 million dollars - this is the fourteenth pla

the sea gate of the republic of the congo, the city of puet , noir, the economic capital of an africanry , has been attracting the largest mining companies in the world for more than half a century. oil and gas is one of the most important natural resources in the republic congo, they account for the main export of the country, which brings about $ 1 billion, with most of the deposits located in the sea. lukoil came to the congo in 2019, having bought 25% of the marine 12 block in the offshore project from a british company, 65% belong to the operator of the italian eni, another 10% of the state smpsi. all lukoil's work related to oil and gas fields is carried out here in this office. it is located in the city of noir placard komarin 12 about 55 km. hello and lukole today 15 employees work in the office of lukoil kongo seven are local residents eight russians receive reports from the project operator here every day. they are being studied and analyzed lev vaganov has been working in an african country for a year and a half in russia he was responsible for the design of oil field develo

and now the african republic has received 250 seats.nts in russia for the 23-24 academic year 3 years ago . we were pleasantly surprised when we visited yen company facilities, and she was actually representatives of the yen company and were also very surprised that a very large number of them local personnel who work for them at facilities today, and infrastructural production and so on. they say that foreign students study in russian, including at the basic departments in educational centers and scientific and technical training grounds, created with the support of lukoil, the leading universities of russia over the past 5 years, their number has exceeded 400 people. also, lukoil regularly conducts internships for foreign specialists over 600 participated in the program since 2017 received not only theoretical. well, practically knowledge directly on production. company sites partnership between russia and countries of africa has acquired additional dynamics and is reaching a qualitatively new level , president vladimir putin also not

except of course, central african republic, where the paramilitary group back now is what installed marissa and we also heard laura talk there a little bit about mccaul needing to change the thread. what do you think he needs to do to, to make this a successful trip? so i don't think that this trip is going to be as difficult of what micron is phased and other west african countries where france has effectively been kicked out front as a relatively good relationship with gabon. he's going to the environmental summit. they, it's not a very politically charged event. when he comes down to a girl, i also think that this will be a lot easier for him. and then when it comes to the to congos, i also don't think that he's going to run into too much trouble today. but i think that we need to look at what is his political aim here. and the 1st very obvious one is like laura mentioned to reverse this trend of the backlash against france. but i think that is one very important political aim. but i think the other one is that, you know, frank needs to keep a kind of base of the support in africa. and w

it is true that we falsely to sudan to the central african republic in order to strengthen its forces the past , russia was very good. putin and macron cooperated in this regard, and the european union, nato, turned a blind eye to seichev's wagner, that they were there works well in lilies maybe where it was first noted now, well, it probably won’t be like that anymore, but then russia takes a big risk well, there is no need to annoy china as far as i can imagine i know that the president of this central african republic immediately flew to beijing to apologize that your people were killed here and we here you are to blame, you are not abandoning us, we love you ladies and gentlemen, chinese, last question and if possible a short answer, i do not guarantee that the question will be short, can we imagine some changes in chinese foreign policy after all, this is the same policy that was in place for a year. well, there is no doubt that they are already interested in ukraine, but china, in my opinion, has always tried to be an eastern state , to wait for the corpse of the enemy to float

so an central african republic as nif menu observe as wondering which country is next in turning its back on of france. that because just a few weeks ago we saw francis flag lowered for the 1st time. i mean, for the last time in between a fossil marking the end of 13 years of prisons by french armed forces in the west african region was also spoke to by this speech. was the conversations around president o biden's administration, trying to increase its engagement in the african mass via in a tom aimed at pushing back against a rising russian influence. now, it's clear that a mac run wants to set the record straight by reshaping francis image as one without any condescension, by adopting a new approach of partnerships based on your quality with african countries. but just how far president micron wall continue. what this dance is still and clear. we spoke to a senior research fellow with a center for africa, china studies, coffee quack, who, who stays at france cannot be trusted to leave africa. he said, pirates is addicted to the continents resources. i didn't praise them our grades

the 1st a big example we're in, sub saharan africa is the central african republic. you know, there where the new regime came after the election with 4 central idea. and the country was under embargo, a weapon embargo because they had so many conflict. so the unit you what you and the united nations decided no weapons going there. but what happens was that then revenues where getting weapons on illegal ways and the official government wanted this embargo to believe it. and they asked friends to help them live. that embargo and fund was not really interested. and he said, and they say, when they is it, why don't you ask russia they can give you some legal arms on that, what they need. and i'm making a long story short. so that's why they just do russia, russia, where it's like, oh, they didn't really believe i'm said, told you to come to us. yes. and that the way they came, i just want to bring her now. i just want to bring in marissa here, if i might just, just on this point. i mean, what are the risks for some of these african countries in siding with russia? you kn

announced its scaling back its military presence on the continent, calling out of molly's central african republic and became a fossil with a government, ordered them out. we'll have a lot to discuss with our guests, but 1st, this report from pull brennan. after decades of colonialism and neo colonialism, it was francis withdrawal from marley last year and burkina faso this year, which in fact confirmed the shifting geo politics in central africa. french troops were forced to leave the military, gunter, in each of those countries opted for a new alliance with russia in the form of the mercenary wagner group. president macklin openly admits that mistakes were made in molly and his foreign nation tour of central africa will sell a more co operative vision with host nations. cultural, scientific and educational partnerships and military bases, where the french troops operate as partners rather than commanders. now how can he get somebody will get with hello? the reorganization is not meant to be a retreat to a disengagement. it will materials through an african musician or mutual operation of these b

randall robinson accompanied aristide, flew to the central african republic, along with congress memberters and others, picked up president aristide and his wife mildred and flew back to the western hemisphere. i reported on that flight, joining them on that flight and interviewed randall robinson about the u.s. role in the coup. >> condoleezza rice, colin powell, and dond rumsfeld should be ashamed of themselves. president aristide is the democratically elected president. the last time by 92% majority. of haiti. and he has come home to the caribbean where he belongs. he is the president, democratically elected, of the democracy that they overthrew. america ought to be ashamed of themselves. we are proud of the role we have played and bringing him home to the region where he belongs and we hope -- where we hope you will stay. amy: he latest wrote about it in a book. in 2007, i interviewed him again and he described the day aristide was ousted. >> later that morning, about 30 american special forces troops in full combat gear, in 12 or 13 white chevy suburbans of the american embassy, su

>> the first big example in sub-saharan africa is the central african republic. the new regime came after election and the country was under embargo, a weapon embargo, because they had so many conflicts. the united nations decided no weapons going there. we are getting weapons in illegal ways. the government wanted this embargo to be lifted and they asked france to help them lift that embargo. france was not really interested. they said, why don't you ask russia? that's what they did. making a long story short. they turned to russia. we told you to come to us. tom: i just want to bring in marissa here, if i may. what are the risks for some of these african countries in siding with russia? we know all about the wagoner group and what they are capable of. what risks are there for some of these countries and governments that get into bed with russia? >> i think the first important thing to note is we have to be very careful of blaming russia as being the destabilizing force in africa. what russia has done and what the wagoner group is still doing is taking advantage

and now the african republic has received 250 places for xenia students in russia for 23-24 academic years ago, the scholarship was only 75. we were pleasantly surprised when we visited the company's facilities and another, and she is actually representatives of the ena company and were also very surprised that a very large number of their local staff who work for them on e, facilities today, but infrastructural mining and so on. russian is spoken by foreign students, including at basic departments in educational centers and scientific and technical testing grounds created with the support of lukoil leading universities in russia, over the past 5 years, their number has exceeded 400 people. lukoil also regularly conducts internships for foreign specialists. over 600 have participated in the program since 2017 and received not only theoretical ones. well, practically knowledge directly on production. on the company's platforms , the partnership between russia and the countries of africa has acquired additional dynamics and is reaching a qualitatively new level, which was also noted by

powers. fast the message from the country's leader during a un conference anchor char central african republic has always been wrongly considered. bo suit morrison powers as a reserved for strategic materials. if her suffered a systematic looting since its independence helped by political instability, supported by certain western powers or their allies. this comes as africa struggles with food insecurity, with millions of people at risk of starvation. the un mediated grain deal between russia and ukraine has not been able to deliver on its total goal of helping the continent as most of the food exports have been taken by european countries. instead of being sent to africa. and when it comes to criticism of the west treatment of africa, the un secretary general outlined major problems faced by developing nations. specifically predatory interest rates deprived of liquidity. many of you are locked out of capital markets by predatory interest rates, deprived of effective debt relief. you can be forced to spend an ever growing share of government revenue on debt service costs. we spoke to an indepe

arrested at the same time , minister of foreign affairs dmytro kuleba believes that the south african republic, where it is going with the visit of the president of the russian federation vladimir putin on the 15th male brics in august, will not be able to ignore the warrant for his arrest . earlier, the minister of international relations and cooperation said that the government of ukraine will have to consult with the russian side about the warrant finally , putin's park is a country that has ratified the roman statute, they are invisible there , they are as aimed as possible, they quietly eliminate the enemy and leave their positions, this is about snipers who perform daily extremely difficult tasks on the front, oleksandr kryvokulskyi will tell you more about it, he came quietly, he left quietly, an accurate shot can't be done, it's somewhere around 20-tenths of all the skills of a sniper, through the thickets, the sniper group goes to look for positions from where you can track the movement of the probable enemy, the first i see the target is ready, we can go to the fields for example, we

n. conference and could tar central african republic has always been wrongly considered by suit morrison powers as a reserved for strategic materials. it herself, a systematic looting since its independence helped by political instability supported by certain western powers or their allies. this comes as africa struggles with food insecurity, with millions of people at risk of starvation, as the un mediated grain deal between russia and ukraine has not been able to deliver on its total goal of helping the continent where most of the food exports have been taken. by european countries instead of being sent to africa and presidente dera isn't the only one who's criticized a wes, this treatment of africa as the u on secretary general outline problems, developing nations space, specifically predatory interest rates. because becoming development is challenging when countries are start for resources drowning in debt and still struggling with historic injustice of and unequal. copied 19 response starting with vaccines and then by the very unfair access to the resources needed for recovery, depr

talks were held in the congo between representatives of lukoil and the leadership of this african republicrussia plans to expand its presence there and discussed the possible acquisition of a new asset. what project was discussed and how the company is already working in the country will tell taraskuchenko. traditionally, an exchange of courtesies between the minister of hydrocarbons of the congo and vice-president of lukoil turned out to be informal, and warmly friendly, many of the leaders of the government of the african republic once studied in our country. this is also the current minister of foreign affairs of health defense, so russia is loved here and considered a reliable partner in joint cooperation . cooperation between russia and the congo has deep roots and has been going on for a very long time . lukoil is represented here with important projects. we are pleased with this partnership and see many options for joint development, how will to take place this development, the representatives of the company and the government of the congo discussed already behind closed doors are a

at least already exactly the african continent can be called the republic of south africa and nigeria other countries of the european continent, uh african continent. i beg your pardon, they will pull up. why because they see this, uh, positive experience, positive experience of their colleagues. uh, when the development of our own national economic institutions leads to a token economic growth rate, in this regard, of course, we will need expert help. to the countries of the african continent in order to help them develop their economic institutions and actually achieve sustainable rates of economic growth in this regard. i think that, uh, and china, uh, other countries will join this initiative. and by the way this practice can be extended to the latin american countries, the middle east, and, in general, the whole world, which is tired of imposing institutions of economic backwardness of the westerners. and now e has raised the list of countries with the highest economic growth rates over the past 3-10 years and in the first place . equatorial guinea is ahead of china, in fact, ind

then we will be forced to is to react, and in the light of that, this statement of the south african republic will take into account this means that they will pay attention to this document, it is a certain open-mindedness for putin, including uh again after all, all the other african countries that have to pay attention to this decision and therefore, for the russian political leadership, specifically president putin, the opportunity for maneuver is greatly reduced. this is the first global consequence, and the second consequence is that our western partners from european countries, when we again they did discuss the prospect of creating a special tribunal for putin, they talked about the fact that we can't, it used to be we can't support it at this stage several months ago because it would mean that it simply blocks any possibility conducting any negotiations with putin for the future and this decision is exactly what blocked any negotiations with putin because the russian side will never jump over this decision of the international criminal court and therefore will not go to a dialogue her

government of the african republic once trained in our country.urrent minister of foreign affairs of health defense, therefore russia is loved here and considered a reliable partner in very long-term cooperation between russia and the congo has deep roots and lasts for a very long time lukoil is represented here by important projects. we are satisfied with this partnership and see many options for joint development, how this development will take place, the representatives of the company and the government of the congo discussed already behind closed doors. rules for serious negotiations. lukoil intends to expand its presence in the congo and come in as an operator. now in technical evaluation project for this. and they negotiated with the minister of hydrocarbons the details of the negotiations are still kept secret due to a confidentiality agreement, but it is known that there are three projects in the interests of lukul, where they can become operators of two at sea. and one on land. we hope that mr. minister and the government of the republic

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to create systems that serve us all to live effectively for dolls in french about the central african republic we started with one lawyer who worked part-time in order to ensure that everyone has the right , in order to be protected, it hurts for 20 years in kazakhstan and we are engaged in the promotion of human rights and freedoms in the field of political rights and freedoms , the president will give awards, the first woman who headed the center of the african constitutional court gave she learned that and managed to protect the rights of all people , regardless of their uh, she allowed the president to rewrite the constitution, she spoke out in defense of the rule of law from jordan, she gives uh, to a lot of clients opportunities to protect their rights who would otherwise not be able to receive such protection during the political situation, the first e-e torture, some combination of e-e human rights in kazakhstan, each of us was the first to provide legal and psychological assistance to victims of torture and human rights violations from kazakhstan the pentagon kathleen and the rulers w

admiral gorshkov took part in the naval exercises of russia, china and the south african republic tonightn the first, the long-awaited premiere of the ranev biographical drama the infinitely great, talented actress and phrases that have long gone to the people and the roles are still being analyzed in theater universities, touching dramatic moments from her life from her escape from her native taganrog to her last days alone. what was it like on stage in the frame and backstage? began yellowed birches and one i'm sad. hello exemplary daughters of your father to marry the right person for the sake of children, but faina feldman followed her dream, and this road is full of struggle and loneliness. the story of an actress who has not and cannot be equal at any time, her caustic phrases are part of our cultural code, the beauty of the admiration of several generations, to to play polishchuk had to completely change his voice, gait and plasticity. stop, through i can’t agree, fears, as it was, it is how uh went. i went to the very first tests for which i was called to the roles of the young fa

addressed to me. uh yes, we were concerned about the uh situation that has developed in the central african republica result of extremist attacks on chinese workers killing. e nine of these workers. uh, the fact that there were parallel uh, riots in kenya, uh, but we are also not particularly surprised, because our western colleagues. uh, constantly uh, demand that african leaders from leaders of other countries follow their advice. and those who show some minimal independence, uh, get so side of the west various provocations. i do not rule out that i do not affirm, but i do not exclude that this was the case this time as well. and i said that i do not rule it out, because, well, there are situations that develop. in the economy in the social sphere, the objections of the population that cause protests, but in the vast majority of cases, the west seeks either to create such situations, or to use them in its own interests. that's why you ca n't even go to africa. and you can look at e, the european continent when a is in moldova obviously spurred on by the west, and all sorts of protesters were eleva

these are egypt and the south african republic of nigeria, kenya and zimbabwe, however, we are not limitedn only with these countries, our ambassadors in africa are accredited in a total of 17 states. uh, also, we're represented at the united nations office of the people, where the program is headquartered, uh, yub and he's a hobbit. historically, we have developed good ties with many countries. we share the same views with the african countries many topical problems of the international on the agenda, we are actively cooperating in the united nations in the movement of non-alignment, we can name such countries as algeria, e courts, angola, following the results of the state visit , our interaction with mozambique will receive a new impetus. well, as for specific projects. we know that these are also implemented. what is the most high-profile most high-profile recent days, of course, this is the agricultural mechanization project in zimbabwe, the heads of state during the visit officially completed the second phase of this project and dali start the third and e on the reaction african coun

terrorist groups in african countries against the background of the rapprochement of the central african republic president decided to negotiate with the president of this country on the sidelines of the environmental summit in ghana , the last 47 french soldiers left last december, 11 the handicap of military assistance with france recently announced the authorities of burkina faso a radical change in the situation emmanuel macron himself states the era of french africa is in the past sometimes it seems to me that the mentality does not change as quickly as we do when i read that france is credited with intentions that it no longer has in the african countries themselves in the actions of paris, we saw an attempt to preserve influence in the region, according to the opposition of gabon , emmanuel macron came to the country for a reason six months before the presidential elections. there , paris is trying to make sure that the brevel has not gone out of control of france, as it is already happened in king moth. and the burkina-style situation for the west is first of all complicated by the fact t

door to the french military, and a month earlier, on december 22, they finally left the central african republic at the request of the country's authorities, several thousand french military remain in nigeria chad , but even there their numbers. paris decided to cut back in favor of humanitarian missions. macron named. this is a new strategy for criticizing the recognition of the defeat of france in africa to be honest, we do not see the enthusiasm that we could expect in connection with the arrival of the french president, as it was, for example, 20 years ago, in the case of president jacques chirac, france's influence on the african continent continues to decline in the face of competition from countries such as russia and the chinese. just over a month ago, a russian minister made a traditional tour of the continent. lavrov among the countries he visited was angola, a longtime partner of moscow since soviet times, that is where the macron is heading now, the country has never been in the arbiter of french influence. this is a former portuguese colony, but rich in gold and diamonds that have a

specifically the russian military forces and in particular the wagner group, whether it be the central african republic or other countries, is a topic that concerns africans. a number of african countries opposed the anti-russian resolution during the voting in 141 countries voted against the un general assembly for the document on the termination of the special military operation in ukraine and the complete withdrawal of russian troops from its territory. africa is algeria angola burundi king of the congo equatorial guinea madagascar we pray zambik us without sudan senegal south africa south sudan uganda tanzania and zimbabwe eight more african countries, including cannes ethiopia and morocco did not vote at all. france and to a lesser extent great britain are trying to deny the reality the problem is not in russia and not in china the fact is that africans themselves understand better what is happening in the world and insist that their voice be heard in international politics, the former colonial powers, especially france maintain relations with the elites that they themselves created and now others

president putin has had numerous conversations with the presidents of egypt, molly and the central african republic, the president of senegal, mackey, sal, who's also the chairman of the african union, came to so she alongside the chairman of the african union commission. most of fac, he mot. he had a productive conversation with president putin. it was a very valuable meeting, and at the end of 2022, we had a visit from the president of guinea best. so on february 18th, 2023, president putin sent his greetings to the 36th assembly of the african union, held and addis ababa, yours truly was present at the event and spoke to representatives of a number of african nations. so we have contacts both at the level of heads of state and at other levels. russian foreign minister survey leverage is also engaged in active communication with his african counterparts just days ago in sashi. he had meetings with the foreign ministers of several african countries. like i said, russia is engaged in continuous and well established to dialogue at various levels, both with african leaders and with our diplomatic cou

in the situation that has developed in the central african republic as a result of attacks by extremists on chinese workers, nine of these workers have been killed. uh, what were parallel uh, riots in kenya, uh, but we are also not particularly surprised, because our western colleagues. uh, constantly u demand african leaders from leaders of other countries to follow their advice. and those who show some kind of minimal independence, uh, receive various provocations from the west. i do not rule out that i do not affirm, but i do not exclude that this was the case this time as well. sergey lavrov’s conference for everyone does not agree, the west has an international court that does not hesitate to set on those who are ready to speak with independent position. now the international criminal court is headed by, uh, the prosecutor, who is a naturalized anglo-saxon, i will say so, and who , of course, as we all could see, uh, fulfills orders, and their owners, who prohibit this body from investigating the crimes of nato member countries and set him on, but to look for far-fetched pretexts th

they are also in the central african republic and in some l. m. in any case, we are willing to cook corporate with the russian federation with these matters as well regarding these merits as well. we need military equipment for the borough and in the army. and with that we will be able to ensure our military capabilities, as you know, we find terrorism and terrorism is not a national war regional problem. it is a global problem. so global solutions have to be found for it. that's the sort of the regional issues. as for global challenges, we've talked about, they need to re, for the security council of the united nations or organisation barone. the believes that african union stands has very important you know, that africa is the only continent in the world that has no representation among the permanent members of the security council. we are under represented among regular members of the security council. and i think it's unfair and he has historical injustice. we are excluded and won bill in 300000000 people. hands are under represented to the se

south african union later became the republic of south africa.ing was drowned in blood, the nose of the sixties, the liberation movement. supported by the ussr the partisans were trained in the crimea they were given soviet tanks. machine guns, then the angulas came to the rescue and cuba south africa had to transfer southwestern africa under un control , they called the country namibia after the desert on the foreign ministry the most ancient. this is how this day in the history of the aksai markets, exceeding in size, sadly, the well-known chertezon of the capital worked, like clockwork representatives of the fsb suspected for the owners of the market washing away millions. i am not a new russian. i am an old soviet engineer of the friendly businessman karim babaev and the former head of the aksai district of the rostov region, vitaly barsenko. accused of creating an organized criminal community. the leninsky district court arrested the loboksai district. vitaly borzenko from the ground. not easy. he had $1.2 million. you do not see any violati

failed to protect civilians. unionization also had to withdraw peacekeepers from the central african republic pulling accusations of sexual exploitation and violence. we spoke to journalist a t o l. molly, who said that the you needs to be assess his mission to be effective. if we make this men an evaluation of international mission, and especially in africa for life, for example, like in congo, if an in doubtful or in a be a right right now we need for even mission in the area. but it's awfully pop in. there is a violation event, there is people to be in now they are running and they're not affect if next for that mission you in this event to protect 1000000000. and if you both for me to talk to molly before i'm working center africa and all the other parties country, there is no mission. i think they did. this is, there is a kind of, of the of the really is kind of the mission and they need to re assessment in terms of the technician to be more effective in terms of the international community to see exactly how, how far it's not enough to come up with the declaration, our resolution with t

we were, uh , concerned about the situation that has developed in the central african republic as a resultt attacks on chinese workers and killings. e nine of these workers. uh, what was in parallel, uh, riots in kenya, uh. well, we are not particularly surprised either, because our western colleagues, but constantly demand from african leaders the leaders of other countries to follow their advice. and those who show some kind of minimal independence, uh, receive various provocations. i do not rule out that i do not say, but i do not exclude that this was the case, and this time the minister commented on the possible supply of british shells with combined uranium to kiev , according to the head of russian diplomacy. this is a significant escalation step. but did the west ever stop it. this is a step towards a further buildup of escalation, and a serious buildup of a qualitative buildup of escalation, er, a statement by some western representatives that there is nothing to worry about. eh, nothing is forbidden. e out discharge. uh, we don't break any conventions with depleted uranium muniti