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@PotatoPie
Not "current Russia" WTF?
Are you unaware that Russia helped kick out colonialist France from the Sahel???
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, in particular are doing better than ever, creating their own infrastructure, mining gold and not handing their wealth over to the France.
Only African govts that are puppets of the West don't like and appreciate Russia.
@Imperious_melange
No i'm still learning, my idea has always been that soviets foreign intervention was to support socialism and communism and to fight capitalism, that was their end goal in offering support, and my idea on russia is that their foreign intervention is to combat western influence and push for russian dependency which just means a change in management
It's hard for me to praise them knowing they're just as likely to exploit for sake of nationalism as the US is, but i have no doubt i'm Anti-US even if i'm not pro-russia, i don't take sides based on who's benefited even if it's other africans more so i try to have a full picture of the political scene, that's where i stand
If you have any documentaries or books i can read on russia'a support for independence against france i'd love to go through them!
@PotatoPie
Russia is NOT exploiting Africa. But that is what they WANT you to believe. Do you think France--who is allied with the US & NATO against Russia--is happy about Russia kicking them out of the Sahel?
The Sahel is now fully independent and as I said they're mining their gold and keeping the wealth in their own country and using it to build infrastructure.
But the West is using terrorists to constantly undermine them & Russia helps them combat the terrorists.
@PotatoPie
Here's a few sources:
Burkina24
https://burkina24.com/2026/06/07/mali-larmee-annonce-plusieurs-frappes-aeriennes-contre-des-positions-terroristes/
SputnikAfrica
https://en.sputniknews.africa/
Sputnik is state-funded by the Russian kleptocratic oligarchy. I'd rather believe a literal comedian.
And New York Crimes isn't? ROFL 🤣
Well I think it's fair to mention Russia hasn't been socialist since Gorbachev's treachery, but that also doesn't negate anything you're saying.