melissa hutton stood 1st. it is not entirely correct to say that russia is returning to africa from us because it never really laugh at the mo, the scale of its presence has changed. of course, the policy pivot towards the west in the 19 ninety's made russia forget about its african friends and all that the ussr had done for them as life of the cost. and it did a lot it help of african nations achieve economic and financial dependence. it partnered with them built factory as an infrastructure is trained, staff, established scientific research centers. then russia literally abandoned. almost all of it is something it didn't need to thump. in fact, we didn't get any financial, political or moral benefits from our activities in africa. actually, that was a big mistake, and now we're starting to realize it. it's a slow process we've, we've had our doubts and made a few stops along the way. and i think the special military operation has now given a new impetus to russia's return to africa with cisco, it tore away t