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Aleksei Bolshakov

International-affairs journalist

The Great Lakes: Africa’s ticking time bomb

The conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may be called a geopolitical ticking time bomb that could potentially explode the entire region of the African Great Lakes.

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Riding the Sahel “Troika”*: Novak's Spin

While outgoing President Biden was peacefully napping at the Trans-African Summit in Angola, the Russian delegation, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, visited the countries of the “Sahel trio”: Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

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Russia-Madagascar: a lot or a little?

Do you think 51 years is a long time or a short time? It is, for example, two and a half life cycles of lemurs or three lives of predatory mammalian fossils. I chose these rare animals as an example for a reason. If my readers are familiar with the masterpiece of animated cinema “Madagascar”, they will easily remember that these animals acted in the cartoon as indigenous inhabitants of this mysterious island. Where did I get the number from? It’s simple: that’s how many years have passed since the establishment of Russian-Malagasy diplomatic relations…

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Russia-ATR: Dividing Lines vs. ASEAN Security System. Part 2

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Russia-ATR: the year is new - the tasks are the same. Part 1

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The Big Game in the Sahel Style: Geopolitical Ambitions of Russia, the US and France in the Sahel Region

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Russia-Egypt: Peaceful Atom Unites

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“We’re all living in America”

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