Boundless Russian hypocrisy. Pragmatic vision on Russian hypocrisy and predation and how Cyprus is concerned
On 27-28 July 2023, one of the big Russian cities St. Petersburg will host the Russia-Africa summit. The scale of the event is impressive, a lot of Russian officials from politics, business, science and education science and education will be participating in this event. The agenda covers almost all areas: from high-matter diplomacy in the Russian interpretation to the disposal of household garbage. Probably again from the Russian point of view.
At first glance, everything is fine. Indeed, there is nothing wrong with establishing relations with the countries of the African continent, which, despite the difficulties, remains economically attractive. Nevertheless, Russian hypocrisy catches the eye from the first lines of the cultural program. They would speak about the colonial past of African countries, while inviting summit delegates to visit numerous St. Petersburg’s monuments of the Russian imperial colonial past. But let’s leave emotions and personal subjectivism out of this.
Let’s move on to pragmatic things:
The summit is taking place ten days after the refusal of the Russian Federation to extend the Grain agreement, which allowed Ukraine to export agricultural products despite the full-scale aggression of Russia. Concerns on the threat to world food security are heard from everywhere and from all levels. Those threats will directly affect the countries of the African continent.
Moscow insidiously hints at possible problems with the functioning of maritime transport corridors for Ukrainian exports. Surely, during the summit Russians will mention the dishonesty of Ukraine, the absence of «collective West» efforts to reduce food shortages in Africa, etc. Moscow narratives are developed and ready to be used.
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