On the eve of his four-nation African tour in July 2022, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, shared reflections on the prospects for Russia-African relations
While Russia's interest in sub-Saharan Africa is nothing new, Russian authorities have realized that it's time to move back primarily to reclaim its economic footprints and to find old Soviet-era allies, but that step comes with new challenges, especially from other foreign players and the changing internal political and economic conditions in Africa.