republic of the congo with the democratic republic of the congo , which was congo kinshasa, then brazoville this is a smaller congo, and there is a larger congo. so, our relations have been going on for six decades, only officially, this is what our president said. we have. order of honor to the president of the republic of the congo, in general, what is the significance of our relationship specifically with the republic of kazakhstan and... well, i must say that this is a situation where we have a saying, if there was no happiness, but misfortune would help. at one time, the soviet union developed very active relations with african countries, was very active in africa, supported the anti-colonial struggle, earned such well-founded authority there, and then in the nineties we somehow cooled down sharply and stopped developing our relations with african countries and... until recently, in my opinion, in the late nineties, early 2000s, even in nine african countries there were no russian embassies, which is generally strange for such a great power as we are, this is the situation that has cha