in october 1945 in manchester at the fifth pan-african congress, nkruma declared: all colonies must be the ussr actively helped african states in their struggle for independence. these are people of my generation, although they were still children. we remember the first visit to russia of the first president of the free ganna, kvamin-krum, he was very warmly greeted back then in the soviet union. in addition to political support, we received a wide variety of assistance, including material assistance, and there were even supplies of weapons and assistance from military instructors when the anti-colonial struggle entered the armed phase in countries such as benin. therefore, africa has a very good attitude towards russia. it was under pressure from the soviet union that a declaration was adopted on granting independence to the colonial countries and peoples. proclaiming the need to end colonialism and all forms of discrimination. we had the chance to take our first steps, this was back during the soviet union. of course, we also developed family connections. subsequently, the soviet uni